Intra‐organisational collaboration in one UK university: potential for change or missed opportunity
International Journal of Public Sector Management
ISSN: 0951-3558
Article publication date: 25 May 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The paper aims to examine the promotion of intra‐organisational collaboration within a university setting.
Design/methodology/approach
An ethnographic approach influenced by a phenomenographic framework of analysis was used.
Findings
Content analysis of qualitative data resulted in 11 overlapping themes being identified in respect of collaboration. Final analysis led to the identification of four hierarchically inclusive degrees of collaboration.
Research limitations/implications
The research, whilst based within one UK university, raises important conceptual as well as practical questions.
Practical implications
The implications of this paper have relevance for the ways in which universities and other agencies promote intra‐ as well as inter‐departmental (or agency) working.
Originality/value
By using the framework developed it is possible to see parallels across different professional and agency settings.
Keywords
Citation
Diamond, J. and Rush, L. (2012), "Intra‐organisational collaboration in one UK university: potential for change or missed opportunity", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 25 No. 4, pp. 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513551211244115
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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