City doctors: A systemic approach to transform Colon City, Panama

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Sociologists, political scientists, and economists have described different dimensions and functions of social capital from their disciplinary perspectives, emphasizing the value and impact of social relationships, governance institutions, or efficient and reliable economic transactions, respectively. In this article, we propose to integrate all three perspectives and the research accumulated in those fields in a common, practical framework for effectively using social capital assets in producing value-adding social and organizational performance.

Section: : Align and Organize Social Capital Factors In An Effectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Turning Social Capital Into Social Performance: Three Case Studies and a New Framework for Value Creation

Bernardez

Kaufman²

2013

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“…Further, Brethower (2006) notes that you are either adding value to society or you are subtracting it. Large-scale applications of Mega have shown measurable societal value added (Bernardez, 2018;Bernardez & Kaufman, 2013;Bernardez, Krivatsy, Arias, & Kaufman, 2012;Rodriguez, 2018) when applied to cities, businesses, and geographic areas.…”

Section: Performance Improvement To Include Worthy Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

A Suggested Evolution of the Gilbert, Rummler, and Binder Frameworks for Major Performance Improvement and Worthy Performance Accomplishment

Kaufman

2019

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Evidence‐based performance improvement is and has been an earnest endeavor for professionals for decades. Several popular frameworks have been widely used, including those of Gilbert, Rummler, and Binder, and they have contributed to our tools and knowledge. During the development and application of these three contributions, the identification of society as the most practical primary client and beneficiary for performance accomplishment was also developing and being validated. This article suggests the extension of current performance improvement frameworks to include societal value added.

“…What makes cities so exposed to cycles of boom and bust is fundamentally a problem of fragmented governance and “systems” management. Local governments departmentalized in functional silos add layers of additional complexity and red tape, compounding the original problems by addressing them with partial fixes and contradictory “solutions” (Bernardez, ; Bernardez, Arias Vallarino, Krivatsy, & Kaufman, ).…”

Section: Minimal Ideal Vision (Miv) Elementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mega and City Doctors: Applications and Consequences

Bernardez¹

2018

How can 21st century cities respond to the challenges of massive urbanization and the dramatic cycles of boom and bust that create abrupt gentrification and growing slums? How can urban growth escape the zero‐sum game that turns zip codes into destiny and makes social mobility and integration more challenging and difficult? City Doctors is a Mega planning–based new methodology to transform cities that holds the promise of turning social and human capital into value‐adding social performance. This article presents the fundamental concepts and framework for this new approach and reviews the results of City Doctors as applied in the description of four massive, long‐term experiences in Argentina, Mexico, and Panama.