Multinetwork Management: Collaboration and the Hollow State in Local Economic Policy

Agranoff, Robert; McGuire, Michael

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024374

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“…In order to address this lack of coherence, scholars have regularly made efforts to organize this literature either by offering analytical frameworks (Agranoff and McGuire, 1998;Klijn, 1996; or by extensive literature reviews (Berry et al, 2004;Isett et al, 2011;Provan et al, 2007;Robinson, 2006). We go beyond the previous research by examining a representative set of articles in public administration to refine a research taxonomy that sorts publications into coherent clusters based upon the outcomes explained in the studies.…”

Section: Network Research Lacks Coherencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Examples of what we call governance networks move beyond a more narrow focus on what defines 'good' network management and highlight that an increasing number of complex problems can only be addressed by actors collaborating in networked relationships Weber and Khademian, 2008). In both cases, considerations of representation, accountability and equity are at the centre of the inquiry (Agranoff and McGuire, 2001;Bogason and Musso, 2006), setting it apart from the other research clusters. Agranoff and McGuire (2001) identified 'big questions' of network management research, including questions of accountability, trust, power and the outcomes produced by networks.…”

Section: Governance In Network Entailsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In both cases, considerations of representation, accountability and equity are at the centre of the inquiry (Agranoff and McGuire, 2001;Bogason and Musso, 2006), setting it apart from the other research clusters. Agranoff and McGuire (2001) identified 'big questions' of network management research, including questions of accountability, trust, power and the outcomes produced by networks. Romzek and Johnston found that effective accountability measures in social service networks look 'very different in a system that is highly dependent on collaboration and cooperation than it does in a market like system with multiple providers ' (2005: 446).…”

Section: Governance In Network Entailsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It also highlights the need for hybrid forms of organizing and collaborating that emerged between hierarchy and market relationships: the collaborative network (Powell, 1990). The Agranoff and McGuire school tends to emphasize the managerial challenges of operating in a networked environment and favours the phrase collaborative public management where networks are only one part of the equation (Agranoff and McGuire, 1998.…”

Section: Policy Implementation Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Networks in Public Administration: Current scholarship in review

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Mergel²,

Schmitz³

2013

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Network-focused research in public administration has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. This rapid growth has created come confusion about terminology and approaches to research in the field. We organize the network literature in public administration using compact citation networks to identify coherent subdomains focused on (1) policy formation, (2) governance and (3) policy implementation. We trace how these domains differ in their approach to defining the role of networks, relationships and actors and to what extent the articles apply formal network analysis techniques. Based on a subsequent content analysis of the sample articles, we identify promising research awnues focused on the wider adoption of methods derived from social network analysis and the conditions under which networks actually deliver improved results.

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Section: Governance In Network Entailsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Governance In Network Entailsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Policy Implementation Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…When cooperating in networks, an organization must not only govern and manage its own internal operations, but it must also arrange and manage participation in multi-organization networks. Capabilities for the management of networks are different from that needed for managing a single organization (Agranoff and McGuire 1998;Klievink and Janssen 2009).…”

Section: Governance Of Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolving ICT and governance in organizational networks - Conceptual and theoretical foundations

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Both private and public sector organizations tend to participate in networks in order to gain access to knowledge, skills and resources of other organizations and to create synergies to achieve highly demanding and complex goals they cannot attain individually. The governance of these networks has been recognized as being an important variable influencing organizational network performance. This Special Issue aims to contribute to the investigation and understanding of the relationships between ICT and governance of organizational networks. This introductory paper provides the conceptual and theoretical background. The relationship between network governance and technology is bi-directional; evolutions in ICT enable the development of new types of network collaborations and governance, whereas governance of collaboration networks is critical for the development of complex ICT infrastructures. We argue that network governance should be conceptualized as an evolving socio-technical process shaped by actors and aimed at tackling complex and dynamic contemporary challenges.

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Business partnerships with nonprofits: working to solve mutual problems in New Zealand

Eweje

Palakshappa

2009

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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This paper examines partnerships between business organizations and nonprofi ts. Collaboration is becoming increasingly essential as organizations grow in both size and infl uence, and public pressure intensifi es for organizations to address pressing social issues and environmental concerns. Social partnerships between business and nonprofi ts are widely promoted as an important new strategy which will bring signifi cant benefi ts to society. A key concern in business/nonprofi ts collaboration is how organizations might collaborate to achieve mutually benefi cial objectives that also align with corporate social responsibility. This research seeks to extend our understanding of social partnerships using an unexamined contextual setting -New Zealand.

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Multinetwork Management: Collaboration and the Hollow State in Local Economic Policy

Cited by 236 publications

References 13 publications

Networks in Public Administration: Current scholarship in review

Networks in Public Administration: Current scholarship in review

Evolving ICT and governance in organizational networks - Conceptual and theoretical foundations

Business partnerships with nonprofits: working to solve mutual problems in New Zealand

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