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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791725803321

Autore

Bailey Darlyne <1952->

Titolo

Strategic alliances among health and human services organizations [[electronic resource] ] : from affiliations to consolidations / / Darlyne Bailey, Kelly McNally Koney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2000

ISBN

1-322-41739-3

1-4833-2854-6

1-4522-5180-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 200 p.) : ill

Collana

SAGE sourcebooks for the human services series ; ; v. 41

Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; ; v. 41

Altri autori (Persone)

KoneyKelly McNally

Disciplina

658.044

Soggetti

Strategic alliances (Business)

Interorganizational relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - When Organizations Come Together: The Fundamentals of Strategic Alliances; Chapter 1 - What are Strategic Alliances?; Chapter 2 - Six Organizing Frameworks; Chapter 3 - Developing Alliances; Part II - Cooperation: Mutual Support without Loss of Autonomy; Chapter 4 - Affiliations; Part III - Coordination: The Power of Aligning Tasks; Chapter 5 - Federations and Associations; Chapter 6 - Coalitions; Part IV - Collaboration: United by A Common Strategy; Chapter 7 - Consortia; Chapter 8 - Networks; Chapter 9 - Joint Ventures

Part V - Coadunation: When One New Organization Makes More SenseChapter 10 - Mergers, Consolidations, and Acquisitions; Part VI - Alliance Evaluation; Chapter 11 - Strengthening an Alliance through Evaluation; Afterword; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

With a focus on relationship building, this book offers theoretical and practical information to organizations considering and negotiating this process. Throughout, the book employs actual case examples of health and human services organizations nationally to illustrate core concepts



and offer insights into why and how organizations are forming strategic alliances to fulfill their missions and better address the consumers' needs.