Knowledge in a “Shared and Interdependent World”: Implications for a Progressive Leadership of Cities and Regions

Gibney, John

doi:10.1080/09654313.2011.548474

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“…It has been referred to as multi-agency, multi-level and multi-faceted and shaped differently according to various institutional and cultural contexts. It can support knowledge networking across thematic, organizational and administrative boundaries ( Beer, 2014 ; Beer and Clower, 2013 ; Collinge and Gibney, 2010 ; Collinge et al., 2010 ; Gibney, 2011 ; Horlings et al., 2017 ; Liddle et al., 2017 ; Potluka et al., 2017 ; Pugalis et al., 2014 ; Rossiter and Smith, 2017 ; Sotarauta et al., 2012).…”

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The role of leadership in place-based development and building institutional arrangements

2018

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In various case studies across Europe the vital role of rural place leadership in enabling a place-based approach to local and regional development has been highlighted, although not always explicitly addressed as such. This paper aims to do so by reviewing the findings from a selection of earlier research projects within a framework of the role of rural leadership in place-based development. Building on the increasing body of literature on place leadership, the review reveals how place leadership in rural areas is performed by varied public, private and civic actors; is able to bridge vested stakes and make new connections; is supportive to joint learning and innovation and an increasing range of bottom-up grassroots initiatives. Effective rural place leadership initiates joint reflection and enforces a collaborative spirit resulting in an expanding spiral of new alliances and new (institutional) arrangements. This underpins the importance of rural place leadership in building collective agency and its capacity to better attune the institutional setting to the specificities of place and thus enhance place-based development.

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2018

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“…What follows is that boundary spanning role is significant, playing a transformative role (BASS, 1985) that opens up the possibility of new and creative solutions to apparently intractable 'wicked' problems, such as entrenched disadvantage, high rates of unemployment, limited innovation and declining regional incomes. Bennet and Krebs (1994) maintain leaders need to turn external pressures into internal responses, and this is achieved through a variety of mechanisms, including the stimulation of stakeholder engagement via knowledge brokering and interpretive leadership (GOMES and LIDDLE, 2010;BEER and BAKER, 2012;GIBNEY, 2011;SOTARAUTA 2015), mustering local support and by networking with key individuals. Of course, as Bailey et al (2010) show, the challenge of economic restructuring may also be beyond local leadership capacities, while Sotarauta (2014) reminds us of the need to appreciate the indirect and longterm nature of place leadership: there are often several distinct phases with different leaders, sources of power and tactical challenges across the life of an initiative.…”

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“…Halkier (2013), for example, observes regional leaders play an important role in unlocking a region from its path and guiding it to new directions. In addition, the significance of place leadership is on the rise, as regional development increasingly calls for the integration of many earlier separate spheres of life, most notably economic, political and social life (GIBNEY ET AL., 2009, 5;GIBNEY, 2011). The place leadership suggests the concept of place leadership adds both conceptual and analytical leverage in our efforts to understand and explain regional development.…”

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Governance, agency and place leadership: lessons from a cross-national analysis

Sotarauta

Beer

2016

Regional Studies

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This paper argues that few accounts of place leadership have found an appropriate balance between structural and individual processes, resulting, on the one hand, in an over-emphasis on the actions of a limited number of charismatic leaders, and, on the other, structural analyses blind to the decisions and actions of individuals and groups. This paper attempts to offer a more balanced perspective through the examination of leadership in two, contrasting, sets of circumstances. It uses the differing economic, political, administrative and social structures evident in Finland and South Australia to better understand the ways in which structural conditions encourage, or limit, place leadership.

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“…; Amin ; Roep et al . ; Collinge and Gibney , Gibney ). Collective agency is built through joint learning and innovation processes comprising of various public and private stakeholders engaged in the development of a particular place (Wellbrock et al .…”

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The Learning Rural Area Framework: A Heuristic Tool to Investigate Institutional Arrangements which Support Collaboration in Rural Areas

Wellbrock

Roep

2014

Sociologia Ruralis

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Place‐based approaches to rural development require the collaboration of public and private actors. Such collaboration may be stimulated through joint learning and innovation processes which are supported by various institutional arrangements. There is, however, reason to question the effectiveness of existing institutional arrangements. The learning rural area framework is introduced as a tool to map, analyse and evaluate the operational features of (institutional) arrangements supporting joint learning and innovation in rural areas. Its application is discussed with reference to the Westerkwartier in the Netherlands and other rural areas. It will be shown how the framework can serve as an interactive tool to enhance joint reflexivity, facilitate wider collaboration and help build collective agency. Its potential as a tool for designing and implementing more effective institutional arrangements, catalysing institutional reform and bringing about more collaborative modes of governance should be further explored.

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Knowledge in a “Shared and Interdependent World”: Implications for a Progressive Leadership of Cities and Regions

Cited by 28 publications

References 46 publications

The role of leadership in place-based development and building institutional arrangements

The role of leadership in place-based development and building institutional arrangements

Governance, agency and place leadership: lessons from a cross-national analysis

The Learning Rural Area Framework: A Heuristic Tool to Investigate Institutional Arrangements which Support Collaboration in Rural Areas

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