Igniting Productivity Improvements in the Public Sector: a Case Study on Organizational Innovation in Malaysia
Thiruchelvam K1, Aini Suzana2, Mazlan Ali3.
The public sector, worldwide, is pressured to be more innovative in order to address the
challenges of raising efficiency, providing solutions to an increasingly demanding citizenry, and
enhancing services to industry in a progressively more complex environment that is fraught with
unpredictability and tight budgetary constraints. These challenges demand systemic reforms to,
among others, organizations, legislations and regulations, procedures and protocols. This paper
presents a case study that involves organizational innovation in Malaysia, PEMUDAH, which
seeks to enhance the public sector’s delivery system in order to better facilitate business. The
case study reveals that the key factors contributing to the success of this innovation include,
among others, political commitment, sustained leadership and ownership on the initiatives by all
the stakeholders. The paper demonstrates that, with commitment and leadership, the innovation
potentials of the public sector can be ignited for the benefit of all parties.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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