@article{article_783070, title={A DISCUSSION ON THE DESIGN SCIENCE PRINCIPLES IN MANAGING LARGE-SCALE CHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR}, journal={Kamu Yönetimi ve Politikaları Dergisi}, volume={1}, pages={58–68}, year={2020}, author={Karakaya, Şakir}, keywords={design science, logic of design, change management, public management}, abstract={Design science approach has attracted the attention of both scholars <br />and practitioners in the area of public administration to solve the <br />challenges of organisational change programmes as well as to improve <br />service performance in the last decades. Based on this approach, <br />some basic principles combining theoretical design elements and <br />real-life experiences are proposed by different authors focusing on <br />both public and private sector. In this article, firstly, we describe three <br />basic design principles, which we extract from the related literature <br />emphasising the different aspects of design science approach: (1) <br />systematic and knowledge-based problem-solving approach, (2) <br />moving forwards and backwards between design stages, and (3) coevolution of problem and solution. Those principles can assist public <br />sector organisations to manage their large-scale change programmes <br />effectively; however, some principal characteristics of public <br />organisations and the inherent difficulties of implementing those <br />principles may constraint the success of the change programmes. <br />Therefore, secondly, we attempt to shed light on how those principles <br />can assist public organisations to manage their large-scale change <br />programmes, and then, we discuss some potential limitations of those <br />principles based on the public management framework}, number={3}, publisher={Cenay BABAOĞLU}