This document discusses different types of public management networks. Public management networks connect people, programs, and organizations across governmental and non-governmental sectors to implement public policy. They involve the exchange of information, resources, and potential solutions between multiple stakeholders. While action is discussed and solutions developed at the network level, implementation occurs within the individual member organizations and agencies.

1. Network Types and Purposes
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2. The central characteristic of a public management network
is the connections among people, programs, and
organizations for the purpose of implementing public policy.
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3. WHY NETWORKS?
• Transformation of societies from labor oriented to knowledge
oriented.
• Change in government roles- shift from direct operation to
steering, partnering, and contracting.
• Organizational structures are becoming more flexible.
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4. Public Management Features
• Cross governmental and nongovernmental sectors
• Most operate with representatives of federal officials based at the:
o State level or
o State government officials in the capitols or state regions
• A few PMNs are organized at the state level only
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5. Public Management Features
• The private sector tends to be more prominent in PMNs (there focus
remains on public programs and policies)
• Core mission of member organizations focus primarily on working across
agencies
• Member organizations naturally reach outside their organization’s borders
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6. • Involve multiple stakeholders who come together for the sole purposes of
exchanging information, technologies and potential solutions
• Any action that is taken occurs within the member agencies' home
organizations.
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7. • involve information exchange combined with education that enhances the
member organizations' ability to implement solutions, again at the individual
organization level rather than at the network level
• Any action that is taken occurs within home agencies or organizations
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8. • Partners come together to exchange information and technologies, sequence
programming, exchange resource opportunities, pool client contacts, and
exchange access opportunities
• Implementation of designed programs takes place within an array of public
and private agencies
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9. • engage in collective action by formally adopting network-level courses of
action and often delivering services along with exchanges of information and
technologies
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