Delivering the System's objectives through Networks
Manuel Castells emphasises that this is the century of the system and the network, whereas the 20th Century was the century of the bureaucracy and the market. Both of these are necessary but not sufficient to tackle complex challenges like improving the health of populations. The system is the set of of objectives with a common aim, the network the set of organisations both public and private, that deliver those objectives.
The Network has to relate to the bureaucracies which are essential for linear tasks such as the fair and open employment of staff. Here is the key quote from Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi:
“A business organisation should have a nonhierarchical, self-organizing structure working in tandem with its hierarchical formal structure…..As business organisations grow in scale and complexity they should simultaneously maximise both corporate level efficiency and local flexibility…the most appropriate name is the ‘hypertext’ organisation”.
The knowledge creating company OUP 1995.
A national network and local networks are evolving.
The Nodes in the National Network
The National Network for the Activity Therapy is being developed and the following organisations will be invited:
Local Networks
Local Networks are influenced by many factors but it is assumed that the usual population base will be that of the ICSs and the Active Partnerships of Sport England. However the number of networks within each ICS/Active Partnership population will not be uniform because the Integrated care Systems differ from one another with respect issues such as:
Manuel Castells emphasises that this is the century of the system and the network, whereas the 20th Century was the century of the bureaucracy and the market. Both of these are necessary but not sufficient to tackle complex challenges like improving the health of populations. The system is the set of of objectives with a common aim, the network the set of organisations both public and private, that deliver those objectives.
The Network has to relate to the bureaucracies which are essential for linear tasks such as the fair and open employment of staff. Here is the key quote from Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi:
“A business organisation should have a nonhierarchical, self-organizing structure working in tandem with its hierarchical formal structure…..As business organisations grow in scale and complexity they should simultaneously maximise both corporate level efficiency and local flexibility…the most appropriate name is the ‘hypertext’ organisation”.
The knowledge creating company OUP 1995.
A national network and local networks are evolving.
The Nodes in the National Network
The National Network for the Activity Therapy is being developed and the following organisations will be invited:
- The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
- The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine
- The British Association for Sport and Exercise Medicine
- The Society for Sports Therapists
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- British Geriatrics Society
- The British Association of Lifestyle Medicine
- the Faculty of Public Health
- the Association of Directors of Public Health
- The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
- Sport England
- Ukactive
- The Richmond Group
- Move Consulting
- the National Pharmacy Association
- the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- The Academy for Social Prescribing
- The Centre for Perioperative Care
- National Council for Exercise Physiologists
- The Society of Chiropodists
- The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- The British Psychological Society
- Goldster
- Motus VR
- Exi.life
- Live Longer Better - Learning with Experts, Polyatrics and the Optimal Ageing Programme
Local Networks
Local Networks are influenced by many factors but it is assumed that the usual population base will be that of the ICSs and the Active Partnerships of Sport England. However the number of networks within each ICS/Active Partnership population will not be uniform because the Integrated care Systems differ from one another with respect issues such as:
- the number of place based partnerships and Boards
- whether or not there is a Sports and Exercise Medicine Department within that ICS population
