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A review of COVID-19 organisational recovery in a UK metropolitan police force utilising a complexity theory framework

In: Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19

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Complexity theory within public management is becoming a recognised field, but without current consensus about the contribution the approach can make to theory and practice. This chapter seeks to contribute to this debate and offers a practical example of a route to engage with management practitioners within policing in the case of recovery work for COVID-19, by examining the local context, networks and relationships of the complex human systems that developed during COVID-19 policing responses. Utilising a Grounded Theory approach, this qualitative study of the accounts of senior police leaders involved identifies interconnected themes and structures that can be represented mathematically to support remodelling of future contingency planning for pandemics. It also presents the potential for wider applications for the field of public management by introducing the concept of hypernetworks into the business planning process, to ensure interconnectivity of functions is a consideration in a structured way.

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  • Phil Davies, 2024. "A review of COVID-19 organisational recovery in a UK metropolitan police force utilising a complexity theory framework," Chapters, in: Helen Dickinson & Sophie Yates & Janine O’Flynn & Catherine Smith (ed.), Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19, chapter 14, pages 176-191, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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