Een analysekader voor netwerk-ontwerp­management

Network management can be divided into process management and design management. Design management concerns the institutional design of the network and sets conditions for those who are part of the network. Although a fair amount of research has been conducted in recent decades into the how process management can be analysed, less is known about the how the design of a network can be shaped and how design management influences the results of network collaboration. However, design management lays the foundation for the strategy of those in the network and can determine the effectiveness of a network. This contribution provides an impetus for an analysis framework to analyse and assess design management. The analysis framework is an interdisciplinary connection between administrative network management literature and legal literature. This analysis framework identifies the legal acts that actors have at their disposal as a core element of design management. The analysis framework makes a distinction between administrative law and private law legal acts, while these acts can affect the general or private interests of actors. The framework is illustrated based on two cases (both at the municipal level in the Netherlands) and it becomes clear that the effectiveness of a network collaboration is partly determined by the way in which design management is designed. The first case is the creation of a museum in the city centre; the second case involves the development of a residential area.