title: Internal collaborative partners: a business agreement case study.
abstract: In the future many organisations in Australia will be turning towards collaborative arrangements with other industry partners in order to survive financially. This paper introduces an internal collaborative arrangement responsive to the challenges of meeting increased demand for services with limited resources. The development of this exciting approach has in part provided a solution to funding and management issues within one organization. This paper is about the first two years of a negotiated service agreement between the education director and three regional directors of the same organization.
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authors.lastname: Hockley
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009313:National Health Programs; D017008:Negotiating; D019982:Organizational Case Studies