Harmonisierung divergierender organisationaler Kulturen in öffentlich-privaten IT-Partnerschaften

ZusammenfassungDie Kooperation öffentlicher und privater Organisationen stellt für Entscheidungsträger des öffentlichen Sektors eine praktikable Möglichkeit dar, um informationstechnologische Infrastrukturen zu verbessern, die Innovationsfähigkeit zu erhöhen und Managementkompetenzen zu steigern. Die effektive Kooperation im Rahmen von öffentlich-privaten Partnerschaften gestaltet sich jedoch schwierig, da die beteiligten Anspruchsgruppen divergierende Interessen verfolgen und unterschiedliche organisationale Kulturen aufweisen. Unter Verwendung der meta-theoretischen Linse institutioneller Logiken analysiert diese explorative, interpretative Fallstudie eine öffentlich-private Partnerschaft in Deutschland, die die Bereitstellung von IT-Dienstleistungen zum Gegenstand hat. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen die Kulturunterschiede sowie den Prozess, wie die Partner diese durch die Entwicklung und Legitimation einer Partnerschaftsnorm einschließlich der notwendigen Partnerschaftspraktiken abgestimmt haben. Die Analyse zeigt auch, wie öffentliche und private Organisationen den Übergang öffentlicher und privater Mitarbeiter in eine institutionalisierte Partnerschaft sowie das Management unterschiedlicher Organisationskulturen erfolgreich gestalten konnten.AbstractThe cooperation of public and private sector organizations is a viable option for decision makers in the public sector for improving information technology (IT) infrastructures, acquiring innovation, and increasing management know-how. Effective partnering in public–private partnerships (PPP) is difficult though, because the involved stakeholder groups have divergent interests and organizational cultures. Using institutional logics as meta-theoretical lens, this exploratory, interpretive case study analyzes an IT PPP in Germany. The results reveal public- and private-side organizational culture differences and how the partners aligned their cultural differences by the development and legitimization of a partnership norm as well as the necessary partnership practices. The case analysis also illustrates how public sector and private sector organizations succeeded with the transition of public sector and private sector employees into a partnership organization and the management of different organizational cultures.

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