Interorganizational networks and control: a critical conclusion

In: The Public Sector: challenge for coordination and learning, S. 525-534

Abstract

"The Bielefeld project sought to develop a new conception of the rules and institutional relationships in advanced industrial societies. This chapter presents an explicit summary of its conception, focusing on such concepts as interorganizational networks, guidance, control, evaluation, redundancy, and learning. It argues that the project's sociocybernetic approach is underdeveloped and identifies several avenues of relevant theoretical and empirical development." (author's abstract)