Book chapter
Project sustainability and complex environments: the role of relationship networks and collaborative agency
Governing complexity in times of turbulence, pp.102-126
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
19/04/2022
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Abstract
The Australian agriculture sector, along with government and private sectors, is increasingly funding collaborative projects that address complex problems arising in environments subject to dynamic interactive change, or turbulence. A particular issue centers around governance that promotes project sustainability, ensuring continuing project operation and impact after funding ends. While a complexity perspective, rather than a conventional linear perspective, seems to point to collaborative governance as a way forward, little is known about the characteristics of the relationship networks that underpin project sustainability in collaborative projects. Furthermore, linear methodologies do not capture the complexities of these relationships. This chapter examines the proposition that, if project sustainability is the intention, then the relationship networks that underpin the collaboration should drive agency within the project. Specifically, the chapter examines exchange relations in networks underpinning the project sustainability of three embedded projects in the Australian agricultural sector and the potential contribution of findings to studies to improved governance in complex environments.
Details
- Title
- Project sustainability and complex environments: the role of relationship networks and collaborative agency
- Creators
- Amanda Scott (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityRobyn Keast (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityGeoff Woolcott (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityDaniel Chamberlain (Author) - La Trobe UniversityDeborah Che (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Governing complexity in times of turbulence, pp.102-126
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 296
- Identifiers
- 991013068813602368
- Copyright
- © Jarle Trondal, Robyn Keast, David Noble and Rómulo Pinheiro 2022. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher.
- Academic Unit
- Management; Office of the PVC (Research and Education Impact); Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; The Hotel School
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter