Measuring Collaboration Among Grant Partners

Abstract

This section includes shorter papers (e.g., 10-15 double-spaced manuscript pages or less) describing methods and techniques that can improve evaluation practice. Method notes may include reports of new evaluation tools, products, and/or services that are useful for practicing evaluators. Alternatively, they may describe new uses of existing tools. Also appropriate for this section are user-friendly guidelines for the proper use of conventional tools and methods, particularly for those that are commonly misused in practice.Abstract: Collaboration is a prerequisite for the sustainability of interagency programs, particularly those programs initially created with the support of time-limited grant-funding sources. From the perspective of evaluators, however, assessing collaboration among grant partners is often difficult. It is also challenging to present collaboration data to stakeholders in a way that is meaningful. In this article, the authors introduce the Levels of Collaboration Scale, which was developed from existing models and instruments. The authors extend prior work on measuring collaboration by exploring the reliability of the scale and developing a format for visually displaying the results obtained from using the scale.

Why We Need Dedicated Web-based Collaboration Platforms for Inter-organizational Connectivity? A Research Synthesis

“…In the literature on inter-organizational collaboration, several collaboration maturity models have been suggested such as Community linkage model [19], Peterson model [37], integration model [11], the seven-stage model [9], and the organizational integration rubric [55] each encompassing a different number of collaboration levels and differentiating them with respect to different dimensions and/or in a different context (see [9] for a review). For the purpose of current study, we select Community linkage model [19] as the most relevant framework.…”

Los roles de los actores de la sociedad de acogida en la integración de las asociaciones de inmigrantes: una aproximación desde el análisis de redes sociales

“…Para este trabajo hemos decidido tomar como base o mínimo común relacional los lazos más débiles que se pueden definir dentro de las relaciones interorganizativas, específicamente nos referimos a las relaciones de cooperación puntual, esto es, interacciones informales o formales con probable ausencia de objetivos y propósitos a largo plazo, y donde tanto la autoridad como los recursos son una prerrogativa y dominio de cada miembro de la interacción, y que asoman como base mínima y suficiente para evaluar las relaciones integradoras (Gajda, 2004;Frey et al, 2006). Además de su naturaleza integradora, estas relaciones de amplio espectro (cooperación puntual/lazos débiles), permiten incluir relaciones intragrupales, pero sobre todo, abrirse a considerar las intergrupales (generalmente entre nativos e inmigrantes); de igual forma, tampoco se excluyen las relaciones más densas o fuertes que pudieran desarrollarse entre los interactuantes, al contrario, una base relacional tan amplia nos permite acceder a una mayor variedad y número de interacciones entre las asociaciones y actores del entorno.…”

The Effect of the Position of Educational Organizations within the Social Network on Their Collaboration Levels

“…(5) Collaboration is a process which suddenly emerges with the purpose of dealing with the increasing complexity in the organizational environment together with the other organizations. The give a definition, Inter-Organizations Collaboration is a relationship based on the foundations of responsibility, authorization and accountability which are shared with the purpose of acquiring mutual benefit aimed at common objectives between two or more organizations ( [87], reported Frey [31]). …”