Collaboration in public policy and practice : Perspectives on boundary spanners.
Material type: TextPublication details: Bristol : Policy Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9781447306306
- 1447306309
- 1447300300
- 9781447300304
- 9786613436955
- 661343695X
- 9781447308119
- 1447308115
- Political planning -- Great Britain
- Public-private sector cooperation -- Great Britain
- Policy networks -- Great Britain
- Politique publique -- Grande-Bretagne
- Partenariat public-privé -- Grande-Bretagne
- Réseaux de politiques publiques -- Grande-Bretagne
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General
- Policy networks
- Political planning
- Public-private sector cooperation
- Great Britain
- samarbeid offentlig sektor Storbritannia tverrsektorielt samarbeid
- 320.6
- JF1525.P6 W55 2012
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COLLABORATION IN PUBLIC POLICY AND PRACTICE; Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; About the author; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Policy context: intra- and intersectoral collaboration; Introduction; International trends; Terminology and definitions do matter; Motivation and drivers; Costs and benefits; Theorising collaboration; Conclusion; Suggested further reading; 3. Structure and agency; Introduction; The structure-agency dichotomy; Boundary spanning and boundary spanners; Suggested further reading; 4. The role and competencies of boundary spanners.
The boundary spanner as reticulistThe boundary spanner as interpreter/communicator; The boundary spanner as coordinator; The boundary spanner as entrepreneur; Conclusion; Suggested further reading; 5. Challenges in the boundary spanning role; Does the work of boundary spanners require specialised knowledge, expertise and experience?; Does personality influence the role of boundary spanners?; Tensions and ambiguities in the boundary spanning role; Conclusion; Suggested further reading; 6. Learning from the private sector; Early perspectives; Cooperative strategies.
Alliance managers and managementBoundary spanners in public-private partnerships; Contrasts and comparisons with the public sector; Suggested further reading; 7. We are all boundary spanners now?; Introduction; Public managers as boundary spanners; Leaders as boundary spanners; Conclusion; Suggested further reading; 8. Implications for policy and practice; Why does it matter?; Building capacity and capabilities; Managing learning and knowledge collaboratively; Implications for developing and training boundary spanners; Professional; Networking and communities of practice.
Developing boundary spanning leaders and managersSuggested further reading; 9. Reflections and conclusion; Who are the boundary spanners?; Roles and competencies; A life of paradox and ambiguity; Perspectives from the private sector; Manufacturing boundary spanners; Future research agenda; References; Index.
Collaborative working explores the influence of agency through the role of individual actors in collaborative working processes, known as boundary spanners.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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