Partnership Perspectives: Empowering Stakeholders

Facilitative Leadership: One Approach to Empowering Staff and Other Stakeholders

This article defines facilitative leadership as advocated by Roger Schwarz and describes the use of this relatively new leadership approach in a public library system. It lists and defines the four core values followed in Schwarz’s approach: valid information, free and informed choice, internal commitment, and compassion. It further describes the use of left-hand column cases as developed by Ch...

Creating partnership synergy: the critical role of community stakeholders.

While there are compelling reasons for professionals in health and human services administration to collaborate with other stakeholders in the community, the experience with such partnerships thus far has generated more frustration than results. Recent research on partnership synergy--a key indicator of a successful collaboration process--suggests that many of these partnerships are inadvertent...

Planning Online Degree Programs: The Stakeholders? Perspectives

This qualitative case study applied the lens of the negotiation of power and interests to the planning process for an online degree program. The major findings of the study were: 1) stakeholders bring to the planning process conflicting perspectives of what constitutes an effective planning process, and 2) the actual planning process followed is negotiated among the stakeholders negotiate the p...

Co-creating value in research: stakeholders' perspectives.

The International Finance Facility for Immunisation: stakeholders’ perspectives

OBJECTIVE To evaluate stakeholders' understanding and opinions of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm); to identify factors affecting funding levels; and to explore the future use of IFFIm. METHODS Between July and September 2015, we interviewed 33 individuals from 25 organizations identified as stakeholders in IFFIm. In total 22.5 hours of semi-structured interviews we...