Essay

Failure Is An Option

(Success Is Too!) PUB 5924 Entrepreneurial Public Management

Week 6: Critique of

Public Entrepreneurs

“The Dark Side of the Force”

Failure Is An Option PUB 5924 Entrepreneurial Public Management

•Undercuts democratic process

•Business Language: Customers & Clientele

•Govt. is not efficient, by design

•Putting public funds at risk

•Defining Success

•Turning a Profit – Really?

Critique of Public Entrepreneurship/

“The Dark Side of the Force”

Failure Is An Option PUB 5924 Entrepreneurial Public Management

•Corruption & Unethical behavior

•Self-interest of bureaucrats

•Bad behavior & Poor decisions

•Pressure to improve vs. integrity

•Varied capabilities & organizations

Critique of Public Entrepreneurship/

“The Darker Side of the Force”

Failure Is An Option PUB 5924 Entrepreneurial Public Management

•Accountability Creates Risk Aversion

•Outcome Based/Results Oriented

•Strategic Management

•Constraints Internally & Externally

•Liability Conscious & Zero Defects

Paradox of Accountability & Risk Taking