Collaboration

Abstract

In times of shrinking resources within the social services, collaboration is being promoted as a more efficient way of meeting the needs of children and families. A study of a children's initiative collaborative developed to address the problems of children is reported. The authors present and use an evaluation framework which incorporated the dimensions of context, process, and outcomes of collaboration. The findings, based on the initial two years of collaborative effort, suggested the membership of the group and the process and structure governing the group's operations impacted the process and outcomes of the collaboration.

Street Level Divergence in the Functioning of Social Welfare Networks

“…The relational dimension, as a second-order constructs, consisted of four first-order reflective constructs. To create the initial pool of items for the relational dimension (Mattessich et al, 2001) measurements of trust (Austin, 2000;Harbert, Finnegan, & Tyler, 1997), internal legitimacy or mutuality (Margerum, (Margerum, 2001(Margerum, , 2002Porter et al, 1974), and knowledge flows (Coleman, 1988) were reviewed. The systemic dimension, as a second-order construct, consisted of three first-order reflective constructs.…”

Contributions from organisational collaboration to business intelligence solutions success

“…A reason for that is the growing complexity of social problems that ask for a close collaboration among organisations that were though of to solve specific social problems. It suggests that through collaboration, products and services could be delivered to those who need them in an easy, faster, efficient and effective manner (Harbert et al, 1997;Leung, 2013) and shows that most fields of expertise are now too complex for any agent and thus, require the collective expertise towards a common goal (Awal and Bharadwaj, 2014).…”