TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose While the need for strategic alignment in public management has been recognized, there is a lack of conceptual clarity to support its application in practice. Focusing on the specific field of public procurement, this paper clarifies and illustrates how the concept of strategic alignment can be applied when strategizing the public procurement process.Design/methodology/approach The current literature on strategic alignment in public procurement is critically reviewed to identify ambiguities that hamper its application in practice. Based on this review, an analytical framework is developed that conceptualizes strategic alignment as that between the procurement instruments used in a sourcing project and the corresponding higher-level strategies. The framework is empirically illustrated by applying it in a case study that reconstructs the procurement strategy for an innovation projectFindings Strategic alignment in the public procurement process can be demonstrated by identifying, explicating and logically linking reasoning and trade-off decisions on competing priorities across multiple levels and dimensions of strategyOriginality/value Although creating alignment between policy and public procurement practice is generally held to be important in the public management literature, it is only discussed on high levels of abstraction. This paper provides clarity by investigating alignment in greater detail.
VL  - 33
IS  - 6/7
SN  - 0951-3558
DO  - 10.1108/IJPSM-10-2019-0245
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-10-2019-0245
AU  - Plantinga Henrico
AU  - Voordijk Hans
AU  - Dorée André
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Clarifying strategic alignment in the public procurement process
T2  - International Journal of Public Sector Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 791
EP  - 807
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -