Coopetitive (Cooperation and Competition) Advantage in Public Organizations: Synergy of People and Process

Document Type : Research Article (with qualitative approaches)

Authors
Mehdi Hodaei 1
Seyed Mehdi Alvani 2
Hamid Reza Yazdani 3
Hasan Zarei Matin 3
1 Ph.D Student in Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
3 Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.48308/jpap.2020.96733
Abstract
Purpose:The purpose of this article is how to achieve competitive advantage in public organizations. The new concept of coopetitive advantage has introduced in terms of cooperation and competition regard to the objective of common interest and creating shared value in these organizations to distinguish with competition and profitability concept in private corporations.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The research method of this paper is Critical Hermeneutics. The main axes of systems thinking have been studied and interpretation and sympathy between theories have been presented firstly. Then, the dimensions are examined in the interpretative paradigm and the expressions and synthesis of key concepts are declared.
Research Findings: Coopetitive advantage can be defined with emphasis on cooperation to compete for becoming the premier service deliverer among public organizations. Three dimensions of organization’s structure, human resource management’s processes and human capital’s functions are considered as a whole. Iteration of these components measures coopetitive advantage relating to the whole that is more integrated in next iterations.
Limitations & Consequences: Timeconsuming of the Critical Hermeneutics method is one of the main limitations in this research that the researcher is indispensable to choose this strategy for achieving desirable consequences regarding the fundamental subject and necessity of meta-theorizing.
Practical Consequences: Introducing people and process as the main pillars to achieve coopetitive advantage in public organizations, the government strategic plans are also supported. Coopetitive advantage in these organizations will be resulted systematically by synergy of functions and processes that its components are interrelated in a value-based and holistic context.
Innovation or Value of the Article: This article is presenting the matrix and formula of People and Process with designing the newfound concept of Coopetitive Advantage in Public Organizations for the first time in title of the foundation for future research.
Keywords
Competitive Advantage
Public Organizations
Human capital
Human Resource Management
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