Formation of Partnership in UK Law
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The two faces of partnership?. An assessment of partnership and co‐operative employer/trade union relationships
The paper examines the context and characteristics of partnership arrangements currently emerging between employers and unions at the workplace level in Britain. Case studies of 11 firms involving ...... ... The first explores thecircumstances underlying the formation of partnership and co-operativeunion/employer arrangements and assesses employer motives for seekingpartnership relations. The second section reports ... ...
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Changing images of the State: overloaded, hollowed-out, congested
Three conceptualisations of the UK's state are identified: the overloaded state of the 1960s/1970s; the hollowed-out state of the 1980s/early 1990s; the congested st...... ... These tertiary (partnership) structures have complex accountability relationships with primary ... level associated with the realignment of policy networks and formation of partnership structures. This suggests that a new conceptualisation of ... ...
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PERFORMING GOVERNANCE: A PARTNERSHIP BOARD DRAMATURGY
This paper explores the governance of complex public sector partnerships through a detailed case study of a Joint Commissioning Partnership Board (JCPB) in the South East of England. It argues that...... ... and a dramaturgical analysis of institutional enactment undertaken to explore interplays of the symbolic and instru- mental in strategy formation. Some implications for our understanding of the sym- bolic in partnership governance are discussed. INTRODUCTION International public ... ...
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The shifting status of failure and possibility: Resilience and the ‘shift’ in partnership-organized prevention in Sweden
Based on a study of prevention politics in Sweden, this article probes the turn to resilience in its institutionalized form: cross-sectorial partnerships. It interrogates how resilience proponents ...... ... In characteristically epochal terms, the ‘shift’ casts partnership formation as an improvement of the future, although the strategists’ belief in future visions is apparently shot through with cynicism. Keywords failure ... ...
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A planning solution for virtual business relationships
Purpose: This paper aims to show that the planning‐oriented reference model is a conceptual approach that may provide a more complete alignment of strategic information, governance constructs, as w...... ... , theresultant blueprint may be helpful in facilitating the rapid formation of virtual businesspartnership.Originality/value – In a global economy ... in a manufacturingenvironmentby forming a virtual partnership with representative manufacturingentities.The current issue and full text ... ...
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A Balancing Act
In June 1994 Russia agreed to sign NATO's Partnership for Peace framework document (PFP). From the time the PFP concept was proposed, in October 1993, the Russian government has had to probe NATO's...
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Strategic partnering when the supply base is limited: a case study
This study considers a supply‐demand situation where a product has only a handful of supply firms and a large number of purchasing firms and compares the attitudes toward partnering of firms which ...... ... a lukewarm, andsometimes negative, attitudetoward the formation of alliances.There are no attitudinaldifferences between firms inalliance ... For brevity of presentation, wecategorize the firms as P = in partnership(alliance) arrangement, and NP = not in anypartnership (alliance) ... ...
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The odyssey of Flemish public libraries facing opportunities and threats when becoming strategic partners in urban development
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to examine the interaction between the local policy context and the strategic role of public libraries within urban networks or partnerships aiming for the f...... ... initiatives taken to actively craft and design the strategic partnership themselves.Practical implications –This paper provides unique and ... prevents (“threats”) and stimulates (“opportunites”) the formation,development and acknowledgment of strategic partnerships of public ... ...
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THE RISE OF THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INSTITUTION IN BRITISH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE CASE OF THE ARTS AND TRAINING
During the 1980s there was both centralization and decentralization in the British policy process. The centre was to be responsible for broad policy whilst the institutions in closest contact with ...... ... article argues that effective policy-making requires the formation of interme diate organizations linking macro- and ... Effective policy requires a partnership between the centre and sub-centre via intermediate institutions ... ...
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Making rhetoric a reality: inclusion in practice as “transformative learning”
Purpose: – “Inclusivity” and “empowerment” are central concepts in the philosophy of nursing practice and education. Recent professional concern has focused on the need to embed compassion in healt...... ... Such included the context of identity formation,narrative as an evidence-base for caring, and personal/emotional growth ... , and hidden histories,as a part of healing and helping others.Partnership in practiceMoving on with Life and Learning (MOWLL) is a Liverpool grown ... ...
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