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Portfolio management: A new direction in public sector strategic management research and practice

By: Roberts, Patrick and Edwards, Lauren Hamilton.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Public Administration Review Description: 83(4), Jul-Aug, 2023: p.947-959.Subject(s): Public sector strategic management , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Government & Business In: Public Administration ReviewSummary: Portfolio management is widely used by large government agencies and nonprofits, but it is rarely discussed in public administration scholarship. Portfolio management tools can illuminate groups of projects that should be considered as priority investments by highlighting the relationship of risk to outcomes. This article explores historical and theoretical reasons for the neglect of portfolio management, and then proposes using portfolio management to update a classic strategic management framework to guide organizational choices in public administration. Though portfolio management ideas originated in the private sector, public sector portfolio management differs from its private sector counterpart by trading off risk with public value or mission outcomes rather than financial outcomes. Portfolio management is a tool to incorporate risk to mission in investment decisions. It holds promise for adding an intermediate-level implementation tool to develop theories of public value. The paper concludes with hypotheses for future investigation. – Reproduced
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83(4), Jul-Aug, 2023: p.947-959 Available AR129616

Portfolio management is widely used by large government agencies and nonprofits, but it is rarely discussed in public administration scholarship. Portfolio management tools can illuminate groups of projects that should be considered as priority investments by highlighting the relationship of risk to outcomes. This article explores historical and theoretical reasons for the neglect of portfolio management, and then proposes using portfolio management to update a classic strategic management framework to guide organizational choices in public administration. Though portfolio management ideas originated in the private sector, public sector portfolio management differs from its private sector counterpart by trading off risk with public value or mission outcomes rather than financial outcomes. Portfolio management is a tool to incorporate risk to mission in investment decisions. It holds promise for adding an intermediate-level implementation tool to develop theories of public value. The paper concludes with hypotheses for future investigation. – Reproduced

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