What Lies Beneath? The Role of Informal and Hidden Networks in the Management of Crises

Fischbacher‐Smith, Denis; Fischbacher‐Smith, Moira

doi:10.1111/faam.12038

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“…Rather, information came from relatives, neighbours and friends. This underscores the role of social relations in risk communication and the importance of informal, sometimes hidden, channels in the supply of risk information (Fischbacher-Smith and Fischbacher-Smith, 2014). These 13 respondents were asked to rate the level of risk communication they received before and after the risk incidence and the usefulness of the information in mitigating health risk.…”

Section: Level Of Risk Communicationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Adekola

Fischbacher‐Smith

et al. 2016

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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Local communities within oil producing countries in Africa often face formidable environmental challenges that generate conflicts and concerns around exploitation, environmental impact, and health risks. A key feature of these concerns has been the paucity of effective risk communication mechanisms and the impact this has on the public understanding of risk. Risk communication has been identified as a significant factor in explaining why the health consequences of environmental degradation remain unabated in oil producing communities. This paper evaluates health risk communication in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study is based on 69 interviews conducted in the Niger Delta region. The paper argues that the health of the local population is being impaired by risk incidences relating to oil and gas exploration activities, the effects of which are amplified by inadequate communication of health risks to the public. The study argues for and suggests ways in which health risk communication processes can be improved in the Niger Delta. A multi-dimensional framework for public health risk communication is developed as a means of advancing understanding, practice, and policy.

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Section: Level Of Risk Communicationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Adekola

Fischbacher‐Smith

et al. 2016

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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“…However, formal risk management systems are not the only available means of managing risk in the public sector. There is a large body of work from other disciplines such as crisis management (Fischbacher‐Smith & Fischbacher‐Smith, ), project management (Osipova & Eriksson, ), high reliability organizations (Weick & Sutcliffe, ), knowledge management (Scott & Walsham, ), health and safety management (the Robens report, ), and social anthropology (Douglas & Wildavsky, ) that emphasizes local adaptations and the need to acknowledge risk management performed by staff who know the details of the local context and therefore make use of alternative forms of risk management. In this paper, we focus on one specific alternative form, namely employee‐generated, but not formally sanctioned, information systems.…”

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confidence: 99%

Managing risk in the public sector – The interaction between vernacular and formal risk management systems

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This paper examines the management of risk in a large public sector organization. Accounting research on “new” risk management in the public sector has focused on how formal risk management systems emerge through a top–down approach, primarily driven by external demands. Our study contributes to this body of work by detailing the emergence and operation of vernacular risk management systems, that is, systems self‐generated by organizational actors in the context of their work and not officially sanctioned within the organizational hierarchy (cf., Kilfoyle, Richardson & MacDonald, 2013). In this, we theorize how such systems interact with formal risk management systems, thereby also contributing to other disciplines such as crisis management and project management. Drawing on Fischer and Ferlie (2013), we detail how several vernacular systems co‐exist and have different interaction modes with the formal risk management system, and consider how these modes of interaction also change over time. Finally, our results highlight the link between the operation of “new” risk management and inter‐organizational relationships, demonstrating that such relationships can be an important asset to build on in risk management work.

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“…Altogether, we infer that the effects of group formation might have increased rather than reduced blame risk. Nevertheless, we make a different argument than Fischbacher‐Smith and Fischbacher‐Smith (, p. 276): These authors focus more on isolated parties (i.e., an organization) and whether the underperformance of one organization ‘may be detrimental to the survival of the others’. It is the actor‐network effect — the totality — that we are principally interested in.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Hence, societal structures may play a role in shaping the way BGs are organized. Conversely, Fischbacher‐Smith and Fischbacher‐Smith (, p. 276) argue that within a group of organizations, the underperformance of one organization ‘may be detrimental to the survival of the others’, which suggests that isolated individual actors represent a risk to a network.…”

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Precarious Investments and Blame Gaming – Adverse Effects and the Inherent Danger of Simplification

Gårseth‐Nesbakk

Kjærland

2016

Financ Acc Manag

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This blame game study reports on attempts by eight municipalities to recover money in the wake of financial losses resulting from the financial crisis. Actor‐network theory helps unravel which actors were involved in creating the blame game and those who were mobilized to facilitate it, which resulted in judicial losses and substantial advisory service fees. The evidence suggests that punctualization can be costly when dealing with precarious investments and engaging in blame gaming, as simplifications might evoke adverse effects. Contributions relate to group formation and the use of experts in blame gaming and addressing related strategies as heterogeneous network effects.

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What Lies Beneath? The Role of Informal and Hidden Networks in the Management of Crises

Cited by 17 publications

References 51 publications

Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Managing risk in the public sector – The interaction between vernacular and formal risk management systems

Precarious Investments and Blame Gaming – Adverse Effects and the Inherent Danger of Simplification

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