Crowdsourcing in the Public Sector

by Daren C. Brabham

Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. Crowdsourcing works to generate new ideas or develop innovative solutions to problems by drawing on the wisdom of the many rather than the few. U.S. local government experimented with rudimentary crowdsourcing strategies as early as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626163790
• ISBN13: 9781626163799
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher