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How to create successful partnerships—a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Wildridge Valerie,
Childs Sue,
Cawthra Lynette,
Madge Bruce
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-3324.2004.00497.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , government (linguistics) , public relations , service (business) , systematic review , modernization theory , political science , business , knowledge management , medicine , medline , computer science , marketing , philosophy , linguistics , law
This literature review covers a wide range of publications (articles, books, reports and government publications) that provide an overview of the wider topic of partnership working. It is not a systematic review, but the authors’ personal review, drawing largely on the resources available in the King's Fund Library. Partnership working is a key component of the UK government's modernization agenda, particularly in the health field. However, the principles of achieving successful partnership are generally applicable. The review therefore concentrates on literature that can provide guidance for people planning to set up a partnership, or re‐evaluating an existing partnership. The sections of this review comprise: definition of partnership working; types of partnership; partnership initiatives; drivers; critical success factors; barriers; benefits; the process of partnership working; evaluation and assessment tools; demolishing the Berlin Wall: government policy on partnership working; exemplars of library information service partnerships.