Artikel

Orchestrating coordination among humanitarian organizations

Disasters mobilize hundreds of organizations, but coordination among them remains a challenge. This is why the United Nations has formed clusters to facilitate information and resource exchange among humanitarian organizations. Yet, coordination failures in prior disasters raise questions as to the effectiveness of the cluster approach in coordinating relief efforts. To better understand barriers to coordination, we developed a grounded theory and augmented the theory with an agent‐based simulation. Our theory discerns a cluster lead's roles of facilitating coordination, but also investing in its own ground operations. We find that specifically serving such a dual role impairs swift trust and consequent coordination among cluster members. The additional simulation findings generalize the detrimental effect of the cluster lead's dual role versus a pure facilitator role and specify it against various boundary conditions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Production and Operations Management ; ISSN: 1937-5956 ; Volume: 31 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 1977-1996 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Klassifikation
Management
Thema
agent‐based simulations
coordination
humanitarian operations
interorganizational relationships
leadership
localization
resource disparity
swift trust

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ruesch, Lea
Tarakci, Murat
Besiou, Maria
Van Quaquebeke, Niels
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Wiley
(wo)
Hoboken, NJ
(wann)
2022

DOI
doi:10.1111/poms.13660
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Ruesch, Lea
  • Tarakci, Murat
  • Besiou, Maria
  • Van Quaquebeke, Niels
  • Wiley

Entstanden

  • 2022

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