Collaborative Governance as a Management Innovation in Local Decentralization

Public Administration Departement, Universitas Diponegoro Jl. Prof. H. Soedarto, S.H. Tembalang, Semarang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: titi.artik@yahoo.co.id

Abstract

The objective of this research was to manage innovations in local government. Collaborative governance based on innovation governance in local decentralization. Case study used research was about Environmental Management on community based settlement in Kendal Regency. This research explores with qualitative approach to explain the governance collaboration within domain analysis method. The domain is seventh of collaborative governance dimension, such as: 1) power dimension, 2) commitment dimension, 3) cultural internalization, 4) strategy dimension, 5) goal dimension, 6) visibility and awareness dimension, 7) problem solving dimension. Due to seventh dimensions is linked to ten principles of Good Governance, such as we also identity a series of factors that are critical within the collaborative process itself. This factors include face to face dialogue, trust building and the development of commitment and share undertanding. The result of this research are Researchers see that PLPBK program in Kendal is able to be the best practice of decentralization that will be beneficial and has a high quality for the local government and the society that lives in it. This Article concludes with discutions of the implications of our contingency model for practitioners and for future resarch on colaborative Governance.