Network of networks: Preliminary lessons from the Antwerp Port Authority on crisis management and network governance to deal with the COVID‐19 pandemic
Oord,Steven Vanlaer,Niels Marynissen,Hugo Brugghemans,Bert Van Roey,Jan Albers,Sascha Cambré,Bart Kenis,Patrick
Oord,Steven
Vanlaer,Niels
Marynissen,Hugo
Brugghemans,Bert
Van Roey,Jan
Albers,Sascha
Cambré,Bart
Kenis,Patrick
Abstract
In this article we describe and illustrate what we call a network of networks perspective and map the development of a Lead network of the Antwerp Port Authority that governs various organizations and networks in the port community before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that setting a collective focus and selective integration to be crucial in the creation and reproduction of an effective system to adequately deal with a wicked problem like the COVID-19 pandemic. We use the findings on crisis management and network governance to engage practitioners and public policy planners to revisit current design and governance of organizational networks within organizational fields that have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-09
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Research Projects
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COVID-19 pandemic, wicked problem, network of networks, network governance, port governance, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Oord, S, Vanlaer, N, Marynissen, H, Brugghemans, B, Van Roey, J, Albers, S, Cambré, B & Kenis, P 2020, 'Network of networks : Preliminary lessons from the Antwerp Port Authority on crisis management and network governance to deal with the COVID‐19 pandemic', Public Administration Review, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 880-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13256