Log in
Building the Knowledge Base of Nonprofit Management:
A Searchable Database
Human Service Organizations and Self-Help Groups: Can They Collaborate?
Abstract
An examination of organizational strategies for enhancing
collaboration between human service organizations & self-help
groups, which, while they may have similar domains & missions, are
likely to have dissimilar relationships with external resources,
service technology processes, & internal structures. Despite
dissimilarities, organizations sharing common domains, missions, &
service technologies can develop sufficiently common normative frames
of reference to develop exchange relationships. Strategies for
interorganizational cooperation include coordination, coalition, joint
venture, & mutual referrals. Human service organization
cooperation with self-help groups increases organization efficiency
& effectiveness, widens service options, & increases the
visibility of the agency to potential users. Similar advantages accrue
to self-help groups. 31 References. D. Generoli
Journal
(1994)
vol5
no2
pages159-172
Categories
-
Managing External Relations
-
Other Inter-organizational relationships
