Partnership & Participation: Decision-making in the Multiagency Setting - Softcover

Taket, Ann

 
9780471720317: Partnership & Participation: Decision-making in the Multiagency Setting
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0471720313 ISBN 13: 9780471720317
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

The past two decades have seen an increase in the number oforganisations working together in multiagency settings andincreased calls for partnership and participation in organisationaland public life. Models for this kind of working arrangement rangefrom contracting out and joint planning, through to more formalarrangements such as setting up a joint agency. How to make thesearrangements effective in developing policy and aidingdecision-making can, however, be problematic. To make themultiagency setting work, organisations must manage diversity,resolve conflict and promote collaboration. The processes foreffective decision-making in multiagency settings form the centralconcern of this book. Group processes must become moreparticipatory, democratic and empowering. Illustrated with casestudies drawn from the US, Africa, Asia, Latin America, as well asthe UK and Europe, the book surveys the range of multiagencysettings, explores the mechanisms and processes for multiagencywork, and reviews a range of processes and tools that have shownthemselves to be effective. Partnership & Participation offersno guaranteed answers, but provides a useful framework andstimulating guidelines for those facing the many questions that areraised by working in a multiagency setting.

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About the Author

Ann Taket, Professor of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, South Bank University, London. Has over 18 years experience in OR and Health Services Researchand has over 100 publications. She has worked as advisor to WHO, ODA and the British Council.

Leroy White, Principal Lecturer in Primary & Community Care Reearch, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, South Bank University, London. Has over 10 years experience in OR in both the UK and developing countries. He has over 30 publications.
Leroy White & Ann Taket contributed 'Critiquing Multimethodology as Metamethodology: Working Towards Pragmatic Pluralism' to the Wiley book 'Multimethodology', edited by John Mingers and Tony Gill.

From the Back Cover

The past two decades have seen an increase in the number of organisations working together in multiagency settings and increased calls for partnership and participation in organisational and public life. Models for this kind of working arrangement range from contracting out and joint planning, through to more formal arrangements such as setting up a joint agency. How to make these arrangements effective in developing policy and aiding decision-making can, however, be problematic. To make the multiagency setting work, organisations must manage diversity, resolve conflict and promote collaboration. The processes for effective decision-making in multiagency settings form the central concern of this book. Group processes must become more participatory, democratic and empowering. Illustrated with case studies drawn from the US, Africa, Asia, Latin America, as well as the UK and Europe, the book surveys the range of multiagency settings, explores the mechanisms and processes for multiagency work, and reviews a range of processes and tools that have shown themselves to be effective. Partnership & Participation offers no guaranteed answers, but provides a useful framework and stimulating guidelines for those facing the many questions that are raised by working in a multiagency setting.

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The past two decades have seen an increase in the number of organisations working together in multiagency settings and increased calls for partnership and participation in organisational and public life. Models for this kind of working arrangement range from contracting out and joint planning, through to more formal arrangements such as setting up a joint agency. How to make these arrangements effective in developing policy and aiding decision-making can, however, be problematic. To make the multiagency setting work, organisations must manage diversity, resolve conflict and promote collaboration. The processes for effective decision-making in multiagency settings form the central concern of this book. Group processes must become more participatory, democratic and empowering. Illustrated with case studies drawn from the US, Africa, Asia, Latin America, as well as the UK and Europe, the book surveys the range of multiagency settings, explores the mechanisms and processes for multiagency work, and reviews a range of processes and tools that have shown themselves to be effective. Partnership & Participation offers no guaranteed answers, but provides a useful framework and stimulating guidelines for those facing the many questions that are raised by working in a multiagency setting.

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471720313
ISBN 13 
9780471720317
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
276