The challenge of devising a two-airport system for Goa may qualify as a "wicked" management problem. (John C. Camillus, "Strategy as a wicked problem", Harvard Business Review, May 2008)http://custom.hbsp.com/b02/en/implicit/viewFileNavBeanImplicit.jhtml?_r equestid=69305
In a nutshell, according to the author, "a wicked problem has innumerable causes, is tough to describe and doesnt have a right answer". In Goa's case, the latter arises from a lack of not only any real precedents for two airport systems in the Indian context but also any readily available information on analogous situations abroad (currently or historically) which, on the face of it, are numerous. We are literally flying into uncharted territory. To complicate matters, Goan media (including electronic ones) seems to be extremely uptight of late about this subject even though it is ineluctably tied to Goa's future . Everyone seems tongue tied about managing two airports "jointly" (even if formally under separate ownership) for some unknown reason. To make any progress with the wicked problem, every ounce of knowledge has to be tapped and mobilised. For this to happen, the Knowledge Paradox has to be overcome first. Pithily stated it reads: "Those who speak dont know and those who know dont speak." For practical purposes it has to be elaborated slightly as: "Those who speak dont know (the ultimate answer) and those who know (even a very little) dont speak". The following links provide background information for the two-airport problem of Goa. 1. Aviation and Goa 24 Jun, 2005 http://www.suchetadalal.com/articles/display/46/1474.article 2. Plane Fraud on Goa 14 Nov, 2007 http://www.suchetadalal.com/articles/display/46/2653.article 3. Goa airport: Hot Topic for a White Paper? 31 Jan, 2008 http://www.suchetadalal.com/articles/display/46/2695.article 4. Goa Seeks a two-airport system 21 Feb, 2008 http://www.suchetadalal.com/articles/display/46/2707.article 5. Menace of Mis-steps over Goa 's Mopa Airport 22 May, 2008 http://www.suchetadalal.com/articles/display/46/2815.article 6. Wikipedia entry on Dabolim Airport (and Mopa) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabolim_Airport 7. Mopa airport project bullet points June 15, 2008 http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2008-June/author&p ost_id=075779 Based on the foregoing, and any information to which readers may be privvy, individually or collectively, the "wicked issue" which can be posed (for Goa's sake) is as follows: 1. What are your personal views on two conjoint airports (Dabolim civil enclave AND Mopa airport) for Goa? 2. If you were perfectly in a position to do so, how would you "manage" Mopa airport project (design, plan, finance, build etc) and its subsequent operation as well as regulation to co-exist in a mutually beneficial way with Dabolim civil enclave (including the latter's upgradation and expansion) for, say, twenty (20) years into the future? Feel free to speculate as you deem fit. Thanks.
