Network structures: Working differently and changing expectations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Keast, R; Mandell, MR; Brown, K; Woolcock, G
• 署名单位: Queensland University of Technology (QUT); California State University System; California State University Northridge; Queensland University of Technology (QUT); University of Queensland
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00380.x
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 363-371
• 关键词: management; TYPOLOGY

摘要

There is a growing need for innovative methods of dealing with complex, social problems. New types of collaborative efforts have emerged as a result of the inability of more traditional bureaucratic hierarchical arrangements such as departmental program, to resolve these problems. Network structures are one such arrangement that Is at the forefront of this movement. Although collaboration through network structures establishes an innovative response to dealing with social issues, there remains an expectation that outcomes and processes are based on traditional ways of working. It is necessary for practitioners and policy makers alike to begin to understand the realities of what can be expected from network structures in order to maximize the benefits of these unique mechanisms.