Risk governance through public sector interactive control systems: the intricacies of turning immeasurable uncertainties into manageable risks

Kominis, G. , Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. and Gunn, D. (2022) Risk governance through public sector interactive control systems: the intricacies of turning immeasurable uncertainties into manageable risks. Public Money and Management, 42(6), pp. 379-387. (doi: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965729)

Abstract

Drawing on the conceptual distinction between risk and uncertainty, the authors examine the governance of shared risk in public sector partnerships in an area governed by uncertainty. Their case study of a local safeguarding children board (LSCB) reveals differences between risk and uncertainty and ways in which negotiations of LSCB partners’ different risk conceptualizations contributes to uncertainty reduction in children’s services. The article contributes to both to an understanding of risk and uncertainty management in the public sector and to that of public sector inter-organizational management accounting and control.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Favotto, Dr Alvise and Dudau, Professor Adina and Kominis, Dr Georgios and Gunn, Douglas
• Authors: Kominis, G., Dudau, A., Favotto, A., and Gunn, D.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Accounting and Finance; College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• Journal Name: Public Money and Management
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0954-0962
• ISSN (Online): 1467-9302
• Published Online: 03 September 2021
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Public Money and Management 42(6): 379-387
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License