Thus, the article focuses on the role of network governance and its impact on network effectiveness.
The authors demonstrate that network effectiveness while not entirely illusive is a difficult prospect. This phenomenon is multifaceted and multi-tiered and consequently the solutions that are engaged to create network effectiveness must align themselves with this particular reality. The problems of explicating effectiveness begin at the level of conceptualization and measurement. They note that despite these theoretical impediments effectiveness requires a measure of articulation.
The authors contrast organizational as opposed to network governance and suggests that most of the literature on the subject of governance does not specifically address the issues of the role of networks in the governance dynamic. The establishment of several propositions based on their theoretical assessment allows them to test the basic. Because of the inherent limitations with network analysis theory, primarily its failure to assess networks themselves but rather the nodes and other components. The researchers choose to use a theory of networks as a form of governance to explicate the problem.
Based on their theoretical...
The authors in the work did not test these propositions but they created the framework for the testing of this theory statistically. This article was an enjoyable read as it outlined a different path for the little studied governance in networks. The classification developed by the authors was refreshing and provided new categories for other researchers to explore. The single weakness of the work was the absence of a thorough critique of the competing theoretical framework. This minor issue does not diminish the luster of this work in any way.
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