A modern guide to networks / edited by Robyn Keast (Professor, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University, Australia), Joris Voets (Associate Professor, Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent University, Belgium), Jack Wayne Meek (Professor Emeritus of Public Administration, College of Law and Public Service, University of La Verne, US), and Christine Flynn (Director, Connexity Associates Pty Ltd, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keast, Robyn, editor.

Voets, Joris, editor.

Meek, Jack Wayne, editor.

Flynn, Christine, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar modern guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Associations, institutions, etc.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"The Modern Guide to Networks identifies five core characteristics of contemporary networks and translates these into ten key pieces of guidance for researchers and practitioners. Arguing that a knowledge-practice gap has emerged due to the lack of contact between network practitioners and researchers, contributors chart a more collaborative future for the field. They identify how research can be effectively translated and implemented to shape the future of social networks. A Modern Guide to Networks highlights the key dimensions of today's networks, advancing knowledge of how networks operate and how they will function in the future. It showcases the diversity of these networks through extensive case studies, examining experiments in network structure, governance, management, leadership, and evaluation. Combining academic perspectives with practice-based insights, it pushes disciplinary boundaries and provides unique insights into researching and participating in social networks. Providing a state-of-the-art overview of modern networks, it will prove invaluable to academics and researchers in organisation studies, public administration and management, and social networks. It will also be a useful resource for practitioners seeking guidance on how to adapt to the rapid evolution of networks"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Part I. Setting the context

1. Introduction: Why a modern guide to networks? / Robyn Keast, Jack Wayne Meek, Joris Voets and Christine Flynn

2. What are networks? A social, relational perspective / Robyn Keast and Jack Wayne Meek

Part II. Case examples

3. 'Travelling from 1600 to 2020 in one week': Resilience and leadership in school networks during the covid-19 pandemic / Maria Cucciniello, Daniela Cristofoli and Alex Turrini

4. The role of communication in public health disaster management: City-county engagements during covid-19 in los angeles county / Shawn R. Granger and Jack Wayne Meek

5. Strategic planning in a governance network: A life cycle approach / Laure Vandersmissen, Marianne Schapmans, Joris Voets and Bert George

6. Integrated service networks in Poland: Insights from the delivery of social assistance in two cities / Piotr Modzelewski, Robyn Keast and Geoff Woolcott

7. 'Coopetition-based' network governance - mechanisms and pitfalls: The example of the German rehabilitation industry / Ingo Bode

8. A network analysis of a metropolitan affordable housing network: Lessons for policy guidance from the city of los angeles / Helen Morales and Jack Wayne Meek

9. The role of shared identity in effective governance networks / Sinead Shannon and Mary Lee Rhodes

10. Network bandwidth management in public administration: Definition and mechanisms / Barbara Zyzak

11. A modern network gap: A case for the establishment of formal boundary-spanning organizations to support innovation policy / David Noble

12. Global health networks: Fostering convergence in women's and children's health policy / Mary E. Wiktorowicz, Yeonjoo Lee and Peter Tsasis

13. Knowing how, knowing who: The role of a uk online health informatics practitioner network towards system-wide learning / Louise Wilson and Marcus Baw

14. Positioning impact and sustainability under the umbrella of cultural accumulation theory: Framing a novel conceptualization of modern networks / Geoff Woolcott, Robyn Keast, Amanda Scott, Tom Cosentino, Joe Harvey-Jones, Helen Lynch and Bronwyn Richards

Part III. Next practice and guidelines

15. Modern network research: Insights from network practitioners in addressing the knowing-doing gap / Robyn Keast, Jack Wayne Meek, Christine Flynn and Joris Voets

16. Conclusion: The practices of modern networks / Robyn Keast, Jack W. Meek, Joris Voets and Christine Flynn

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800883987 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.