Organizational networks of collaboration for community‐based living

Abstract

This exploratory study of the Texas Community Awareness and

The effectiveness of nonprofit lead‐organization networks for social service delivery

“…Many nonprofit social service providers are selected by public funding agencies to lead in creating community-based service delivery networks. These networks can facilitate information sharing, mobilize resources, and reduce gaps and overlaps in service delivery (Poole, 2008). Yet we are only beginning to explore the effectiveness of these leadorganization network arrangements.…”

“…Different types of collaborative service arrangements can be distinguished on a continuum of cooperation, coordination, collaboration, and service integration (Selden, Sowa, and Sandfort, 2006). One increasingly popular model of interorganizational partnership is the formation of lead-organization networks, in which public funding agencies develop a single contracting relationship with a lead organization and then encourage or mandate creation of a community-based network of service providers (Graddy and Chen, 2006;Poole, 2008;Johnston and Romzek, 2008;Chen, 2008;. Just as it often makes more sense to hire a general contractor to build your home than to try to hire and manage a slew of contractors yourself, it is often in the best interests of a public agency to hire a lead organization to manage the network (Goldsmith and Eggers, 2004).…”

Rural Health Networks and Care Coordination: Health Care Innovation in Frontier Communities to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Health Care Costs

“…Change in network interactions was measured by change in the number of participating organizations and changes in type of relationships using social network analysis (SNA) and through qualitative data regarding network growth. The initial SNA survey was developed in 2011, based on other similar surveys 49-50 and consultation with the CCT Project Director; it was slightly revised in 2013 and 2014 to measure additional components of interorganizational relationships. 49 Social network analysis uses the terms “nodes” and “vertices” to refer to participating organizations and “edges” to refer to relationships between organizations.…”

“…Change in organizational relationships was described using social network maps, and metrics (number of vertices, number of unique edges, and density) were calculated using NodeXL. 50 Density is the number of relationships present in a network, divided by the possible number, as a measure of cohesion. 51 …”

The Effect of Organizational Structure and Ngo-Ngo Relationships on Sustainability in NGOs

“…NGOs have written rules and procedures, and they are responsible for their operations to appropriate authorities. (Metin, 2017) They are in contact with other NGOs (Proulx, Hager & Klein, 2014), with governments, (Ramanath & Ebrahim, 2010) with private sector (Borwankar & Velamuri, 2007) and they create networks (Poole, 2008).…”