ERIC Number: EJ954642
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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Developing Multi-Agency Teams: Implications of a National Programme Evaluation
Simkins, Tim; Garrick, Ros
Management in Education, v26 n1 p13-19 Jan 2012
This paper explores the factors which influence the effectiveness of formal development programmes targeted at multi-agency teams in children's services. It draws on two studies of the National College for School Leadership's Multi-Agency Teams Development programme, reporting key characteristics of the programme, short-term outcomes in terms of learning and longer-term outcomes in relation to team performance and the factors that seemed to influence programme success. Locating the programme initially in relation to concepts of teams and team learning which implicitly underpin work in this area, it concludes that in current multi-agency contexts the conditions necessary for developing "true" teams often do not exist and therefore development programmes need to take account of the specific contexts within which inter-agency work takes place. (Contains 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Children, National Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Public Agencies, Cooperation, Administrative Organization, Instructional Leadership, School Districts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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