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A Flower Blooms In The Desert: Managing For Collaboration, Josphine Gatti Schafer
A Flower Blooms In The Desert: Managing For Collaboration, Josphine Gatti Schafer
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This is a dissertation about local, regional and federal agencies charged with the development of parks, trails and natural areas in Southern Nevada. The context for the delivery of this service is a network. Networks are an increasingly common context for service delivery in the United States; however, their value for constituents has been questioned. Some suggest that the advantages of capacity building and social capital that are expected when organizations work across their typical boundaries are not as significant as expected. This dissertation provides knowledge to add to this debate.
The dissertation is an in-depth case study that evaluates …