چکیده:
The hierarchal structures in organizations and unfamiliarity with the network relations
governing the management of urban contexts have resulted in the lack of organizational
cooperation and coordination in the field of management of such contexts. consequently,
numerous problems have occurred in the renewal of urban contexts. On the other hand, the in
the recent years, the government has highlighted the necessity of participatory management
founding Urban Regeneration Commission. The historical context of Gorgan is one of the
Iran`s valuable contexts which like its other predecessors in other cities has suffered from
numerous problems that its solution needs to inter-organizational cooperation. However,
numerous organizations with different administrative structures are involved in this field.
Therefore, this study is an attempt to analyze the participatory structure of organizational
network responsible for the renewal of historical context of Gorgan. The main goal of this
paper is the analysis of organizational network in relation with participatory management of
urban renaissance in the historical context of Gorgan. On this account, the study is seeking
for identification of network features, interpretation of participatory structure and analysis
of actors in this field. The main question of study is What are the features of the participatory
structure of the organizational network used for the renewal of historical context of Gorgan?
To answer this question, the study used descriptive- interpretative strategy in pragmatism
paradigm of research. Data gathered through semi-structured interviews and then analysed
by social network analysis method based on the data of inter-organizational relations.
The results of the study indicates that despite government's endeavor for founding Urban
Regeneration Commission and its effects on renaissance network , the renaissance network
of the historical context of Gorgan is still governed by a hierarchical structure and based
on the central governance pattern, in which mentioned and referred in previous researchs.
Moreover, the research findings indicated that the inter-organizational relation could be
deemed as coordination, which is formed due to the short-term relations for organizational
coordination and data sharing. Considering the features of network participatory structure,
the study has classified the network actors into three groups of active agents, potential
agents, and indifferent agents .