TITLE:
Meta-Organizations and Evolution of Corridor Governance. Study of the Dakar-Bamako Logistic-Port Axis
AUTHORS:
Issakha Dia
KEYWORDS:
Governance, Logistics-Port Corridor, Meta-Organization, Sovereign Actors, User Actors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.10 No.6,
November
21,
2022
ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the importance
of the implementation of meta-organi- zations on the governance of corridors with a particular case which is the
Dakar-Bamako corridor. Firstly, the document deals with the notion of meta-organization
and its consequences on the organization and on the evolution of the concept of corridor. And on this basis,
justify how the meta- organization is the model
that best adapts to the corridor compared to the concept of district and business
ecosystem. To study this Dakar-Bamako corridor
and its evolution towards a meta-organization, we conducted a qualitative study
with the collection of primary data with the administration of 14 interview guides
addressed to members representing the organizations, but also secondary data
by using a bibliographical review and reports from ECOWAS and UEMOA, but also documents
from bilateral cooperation between Senegal and Mali. The analysis of the results
of an empirical study built on several stakeholders (regular actors and user actors)
who are complementary in practice makes it possible,
subsequently, to identify specificities in the issues that lead organizations
to have to constitute themselves as a meta-organization.
Commonalities are also emerging such as the increase in coordination functions
and the establishment of simpler and more responsive organizational systems to facilitate
governance in order to have effective and efficient transport execution throughout
the corridor.