Resources - Theories and Models
Here you will find a number of frameworks, theories or models that managers we work with have found very useful in reflecting on partnerships and trying to make them work better.
Embedding Change - a strategic approach (from Marsh S and Macalpine M (1995) Our Own Capabilities, London: King’s Fund)
PDF or PPT
Thinklist - Introducing Service Improvement (from Marsh S and Macalpine M (1995) (Our Own Capabilities, London: King’s Fund)
A Thinklist for Introducing Service Improvement (PDF)
Cameron and Cranfield : 3 linked purposes for collaboration
From Cameron M and Cranfield S . eds. (1998) Unlocking the potential: effective partnership for improving health. London: London NHS Executive, North Thames.
Cameron and Cranfield identify three linked purposes for collaboration:
1. Action
2. Process and building relationships
3. Continuous learning from partnership to take back to core organisations, to increase the capacity of partnership members as well as to deliver outputs
Wilson and Charlton also consider that capacity building is important to embed partnership working: they refer to this as 'taking root', 'leverage', not simply bolt-on. (Wilson and Charlton Rowntree 1997)
Huxham and Vangen - democracy and equality in collaboration
from Huxham C. and Vangen S 1996 Working together: Key themes in the management of relationship between public and non-profit organisations, in International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol 9 No 7 (PDF or Webpage)
Learning to change cycle Weil Susan 1992 Conference paper 7 Office for Public Management (slideshow Flash file)
Helvig Square - inclusive and explicit approaches to inequality (Flash file)
From Marsh S and Macalpine M (1999) ‘A 'really useful' tool for managing paradox’, Journal of Management Development vol 18 no 8
User continum - Degrees of agreement (PDF or Webpage)
Systems thinking (PDF or Webpage)
Chambers and Power (PDFor Webpage)
Organisational Culture (PDF)
Degrees of commitment (PDFor Webpage )
Mary Parker Follett - on cooperation and partnership (PDF or Webpage)
