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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961598303321

Autore

Koppenjan Johannes Franciscus Maria <1955->

Titolo

Managing uncertainties in networks : a network approach to problem solving and decision making / / Joop Koppenjan and Erik-Hans Klijn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-134-20268-7

0-415-36940-1

1-134-20269-5

1-280-07784-0

0-203-64345-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Classificazione

88.62

Altri autori (Persone)

KlijnErik-Hans

Disciplina

301/.01/156

Soggetti

Uncertainty - Social aspects

Complexity (Philosophy)

Social networks

Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page [261]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Uncertainties in dealing with complex problems in the network society -- Uncertainty about content : knowledge conflicts and asymmetrical debates -- Uncertainty and process : problem solving as a strategic game -- Uncertainty and institutions : patterns, rules and trust -- Uncertainties and governments : old and new responses -- Summing up : dealing with uncertainties in networks -- Mapping uncertainties in games and networks -- Managing content : furthering cross-frame reflection and the creation of negotiated knowledge -- Managing the game : selective couplings, rules of the game and process management -- Managing the network : strategies for institutional design -- Managing uncertainties in networks.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a new text that examines developments in the area of network strategy. Differentiating itself from other policy network approaches with a mainly research focus, this text has a managerial orientation.



"[This book] has a managerial orientation presenting strategies and management recommendations for public and private sector organisations as well as the analytical tools required by practitioners seeking to support their own internal decision making and strategy formulation."--Abstract