PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore and identify inter-organisational and inter-professional controversies that emerge when telehomecare technology is implemented across healthcare sectors. THEORY A combined inter-organisational and inter-professional perspective constitutes the conceptual framework for this study. METHODS The case study approach was applied as the overall meth...

The increase of strategic alliance and national or pan-national government collaborative programmes has highlighted the shifting management and policy focus from inducing inhouse R&D to promoting a joint partnership between firms and organisations in the increasingly complex and costly innovation process. Recent outputs from the dynamic capability school and innovation network theorists demonst...

From a practical point of view, this work focuses on pointing out and providing solutions to some of the most common problems that challenge the establishment and keeping of collaborative inter-organisational practices. These problems are grouped into four main intangible factors: trust, equity, coherence and visibility. Due to the changing nature of these four factors, the concept of dynamic i...

INTRODUCTION WE INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS ON COLLABORATIVE WORK WITHIN THE UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) OF AN INTERVENTION FOR SERVICE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: informal, structured, reciprocated, multidisciplinary peer review with feedback and action plans. The setting was care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). THEORY AND METHODS We analysed semi-structured interviews with 43 h...

The need for inter-organisational information systems projects, which are complex undertakings often riddled with poorly understood power struggles and conflicts that hinder project success, has increased in previous decades. Through the lenses of systemic episodic power, together an organisational conflict model, this longitudinal, qualitative case study explores dynamics their effects develop...

This paper provides some insights about the development and implementation of a “wide-band” group decision support system a series of case studies within the UK construction industry. The authors reflect upon the applicability of wide-band GDSS for project review and learning generation within multi-organisational groups, and describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a Cross Organi...

The current study reports upon further evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Learning and Development Survey. Originally tested on 113 local government employees, the Learning and Development Survey was found to have good reliability, however there was a large proportion of redundant items, with 62 indicators spanning six constructs. These six constructs were: Organisational Opportun...