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Balancing Pragmatism and Sustainability: A Case Study of an Interorganisational Network to Improve Integrated Care for the Elderly Cover

Balancing Pragmatism and Sustainability: A Case Study of an Interorganisational Network to Improve Integrated Care for the Elderly

Open Access
|Sep 2021

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Table 1

Components related to the principles of pragmatism and sustainability.

PRAGMATISMSUSTAINABILITY
Focus of network activities
  • Joint activity around specified objectives, often short-term goals

  • Goal attainment (individual/organizational)

  • Getting things done

  • Participation

  • Building consensus/trust

  • Empowering participants to take responsibility for actions and outcomes, capacity building

Reason for collaboration
  • External requirements and obligations

  • Response to opportunities

  • Embedding of network for long-term development

  • Commitment to common purpose

Leadership
  • Marginalise differences to get things done

  • Directive style

  • Fast and informal decision-making

  • Acknowledge differences and include different interests and views

  • Coordinating style

  • Inclusive and empowering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5635 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 3, 2020
Accepted on: Sep 8, 2021
Published on: Sep 27, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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