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Shared Strategic Risks & Benefits

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The sharing of strategic risks and benefits is essential in any partnership and even more important when working within governments and agencies where the attention is both public and often political.  Consequently,  inter-ministry, inter-agency and other partnerships should openly address and negotiate the organizational interests of the partners, recognizing that the profiles, reputations and expertise of the organizations, funding, staffing and cost-reductions, the engagement of front-line workers or the constituencies of each sector, the administrative concerns of middle managers and other benefits and risks need to be shared and negotiated so that long-term investments from each system/agency can be assured.
These strategic benefits and risks should be understood to be both idealistic and self-interested. They include:
  • protecting or promoting the reputation or profile of your organization including the management of political risks, professional or public views of your organization
  • knowing exactly why being involved in the selected issue is important or urgent to the core business and interests of your organization
  • ensuring that a pilot project or innovative program will not create unrealistic expectations or ongoing demands on your organization. This includes ongoing funding, staffing or taking up the time of the organization staff.
  • providing public or professional opportunities so that the leaders or experts in your organization can be recognized as leaders
  • bringing in new funding for the organization or reducing your operating costs 
  • identifying and working with other professionals and agencies so that you can count on them for other things (making friends and contacts)
  • getting front-line participants (parents, teachers, students, farmers) involved as volunteers
  • ensuring that middle managers in your organization can continue to protect the boundaries of work within your organization as well as administer the practical aspects of the issue




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