3. Rational
decision-making
Decision-making in the policy process
• Nature of the problem is known
• Set of options is known
• Effects of choices are known
• Choice criteria are well specified
11. • Collaborative governance
‘a method of collective decision-making where public
agencies and non-state stakeholders engage each other in a
consensus-oriented deliberative process for inventing and
implementing public policies and procedures for managing
public resources’
• Collaborative advantage
When governance helps resolve policy and coordination
problems that could not be achieved by an organization or a
government department acting alone
Decisions in governance settings
Doberstein, C. (2016). Designing collaborative governance decision-making in search of a ‘collaborative advantage’. Public Management
Review, 18(6), 819-841.