Negotiation and Decision Making to Develop a Public-Private-Partnership: A Case-Based Approach

Decision making in practice varies from theoretical models and processes. Unpredictable and ill-structured operating conditions require dynamic resolution approaches underpinned by effective negotiation and decision making strategies to support collaborative work and partnerships. This short paper evaluates negotiation strategies and decision making approaches adopted to reach agreement for a unique Public-Private-Partnership. It examines how decision criteria were formulated and decision rules generated through negotiation process executions, and uncertainties addressed by adopting multi-criteria and evidential reasoning approach. Findings are presented to help improve business performance in future PPPs by making effective decisions based on experience gained through past process execution

Pharmaceutical Industry Collaborations: Delivering Joint-Working Partnerships with the NHS

The primary focus of this paper is to evaluate how pharmaceutical organisations in the United Kingdom deliver Joint Working initiatives in partnership with the healthcare service. Joint Working represents the most formalised and transparent mechanism for cooperation between the industry and the National Health Service (NHS). The research evaluates the level of capability that organisations ‘desire’ to deliver collaborative initiatives, and the degree to which they possess the competencies to deliver them. A pilot study is conducted that adopts a mixed method research approach using secondary data and focus group analyses, interviews, and a survey. The findings present a comprehensive range of benefits that would appear to represent a compelling rationale for enhanced capability in Joint Working within the healthcare sector

The Dynamics of Growth within Global Organisations: Issues, Consequences and Implications

An ever-accelerating rate of growth is altering the pace of change and making global organisations perform trade-offs in terms of organisational capabilities and quality of output. This paper reports on the empirical findings of a case study conducted at one of the world's largest software organisations and analyses the implications of rapid growth within global organisations. The paper further correlates the findings with the problems and issues confronting the world's largest automobile manufacturer, and establishes that growth needs to be planned to allow organisational capabilities and systems to support rapid expansion. Overall, the research highlights the important lessons learnt from accelerated growth within global organisations, and identifies the areas of future research required to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon.Knowledge management, knowledge management infrastructure, knowledge management processes, knowledge management capabilities, quality, development

Developing knowledge management capabilities : a structured approach

Purpose - Knowledge management (KM) needs a systematic approach to develop capabilities which accelerate the evolution of knowledge into a key organizational resource. This paper aims to address this issue. Design/methodology/appraoch - This paper reports the empirical findings of a case study offering insights into the infrastructure and process capabilities required to provide knowledge support for organizational routines and activities. Findings - It also presents a four-stage framework that helps to make sense of the development of capabilities during the implementation of KM initiatives. Practical implications - The research moves KM capability development from being a mere concept to being a clearly articulated set of stages, which underpin organizational growth. Originality/value - As above, the research moves KM capability development from being a mere concept to being a clearly articulated set of stages, which underpin organizational growth.Peer reviewe

The Role of Knowledge Integration Capability and Collaboration Quality in Multi-Partner Projects

In many project-based industries there has recently been an increased tendency for collaboration and co-creation of value with the customers. However, many existing studies report inherent challenges and complexities related to multi-partner collaboration. The paper presents a conceptual framework that explains the focal collaboration-related elements and their interdependencies in multi-partner projects. The elements in the framework and relations between them are derived from the existing empirical studies and theoretical literature on collaboration, knowledge integration and project success. Based on the conceptual analysis of the extant literature we identify eight collaboration antecedents and three collaboration outcome elements. The conceptual framework explains how two collaboration mediators, project collaboration quality and knowledge integration capability, relate collaboration antecedents with collaboration outcomes. In addition, based on the literature analysis we identify 15 mechanisms that enhance the project collaboration quality in multi-partner projects. The article provides novel insights on the dynamics of collaboration in multi-partner projects by offering the concepts of project collaboration quality and knowledge integration capability and explaining their role in collaborative projects.Peer reviewe

The Dynamics of Growth within Global Organisations : Issues, Consequences and Implications

An ever-accelerating rate of growth is altering the pace of change and making global organisations perform tradeo ®s in terms of organisational capabilities and quality of output. This paper reports on the empirical ¯ndings of a case study conducted at one of the world's largest software organisations and analyses the implications of rapid growth within global organisations. The paper further correlates the ¯ndings with the problems and issues confronting the world's largest automobile manufacturer, and establishes that growth needs to be planned to allow organisational capabilities and systems to support rapid expansion. Overall, the research highlights the important lessons learnt from accelerated growth within global organisations, and identi¯es the areas of future research required to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon.Peer reviewe