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| Author: | Smith, M. Stacey, R. |
| Title: | Governance and cooperative networks: an adaptive systems perspective |
| Journal: | Technological Forecasting and Social Change
1997 : JAN, VOL. 54:1, p. 79-94 |
| Index terms: | TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING SOCIAL CHANGE CO-OPERATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The governance debate is usually couched in terms of the efficacy of formal structures to ensure a degree of cooperation sufficient to bring about order in human affairs. It is assumed that intended global outcomes for a system can be linked back to the local actions of agents in that system. In the fight against poverty and underdevelopment, those in authority and control need to be aware of the limitations of their capacity to orchestrate local actions so as to realize their own prior global objective within their organizations in breaking down old assumptions and creating new approaches to dealing with difficult issues. |
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