TY - JOUR
T1 - Coordination in a tourism ecosystem
T2 - Methods to tackle wicked problems
AU - Ogulin, Robert
AU - Selen, Willem
AU - Houghton, Luke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Emergent Publications. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Integrating complex business networks in Tourism is a wicked problem. Many different business owners have various goals and management approaches. A tourist network is often managed through coordination and partnerships because the sheer complexity of trying to be competitive makes little sense when so many businesses have a common goal. In this paper we explore how thinking in network terms in tourist business networks actually sheds light on how to manage wicked problems in general. In particular, we focus on how the network approach to managing complex networks in business may produce leverage points for synthesising managerial tension points between partners and thereby facilitate innovation systems. We argue that the network approach may shed light on how to build platforms for gaining traction and synthesis in wicked problems. We conclude with suggestions for future research.
AB - Integrating complex business networks in Tourism is a wicked problem. Many different business owners have various goals and management approaches. A tourist network is often managed through coordination and partnerships because the sheer complexity of trying to be competitive makes little sense when so many businesses have a common goal. In this paper we explore how thinking in network terms in tourist business networks actually sheds light on how to manage wicked problems in general. In particular, we focus on how the network approach to managing complex networks in business may produce leverage points for synthesising managerial tension points between partners and thereby facilitate innovation systems. We argue that the network approach may shed light on how to build platforms for gaining traction and synthesis in wicked problems. We conclude with suggestions for future research.
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U2 - 10.emerg/10.17357.1f1e70d186bad562e656d3e1d25c3887
DO - 10.emerg/10.17357.1f1e70d186bad562e656d3e1d25c3887
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976315971
SN - 1521-3250
VL - 18
JO - Emergence: Complexity and Organization
JF - Emergence: Complexity and Organization
IS - 1
ER -