ABSTRACT
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In an era when the term “network” has taken on many meanings, public managers have entered
the arena with both feet. Interorganizational networking is one of these endeavors; administrators
exchange information, seek knowledge, and work out problems, programs, and policies across the
boundaries of their agencies and their organizations. In addition to social networks, broadcast
networks, transportation networks, manufacturing supply networks, and electronic intranets and
internets, public management networks (PMNs) now bring together representatives of different
agencies within a government, between levels of government, and with non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) of the for-profit and non-profit sector.
