Laura Roper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Roper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Roper |
| SIGNATURE | ROPER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bournemouth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1851-5953 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ubuntu
Achieving successful academic-practitioner research collaborations
The potential for academic-NGO collaboration is enormous, but such collaboration is far more difficult than it appears on the surface, even when collaborators share a commitment to, and values that support, a particular cause or issue. This paper looks at some of the factors that derail academic-practitioner collaboration. It then identifies five different models of collaboration and makes recommendations that, if observed, should eliminate some …
Development and the Learning Organisation
We are aware that an increasing number of NGOs, particularly some of the large international ones, as well as some bilateral and multilateral actors, are embracing the idea of 'becoming a learning organisation'. Over the past decade, as NGOs have either rushed into the mainstream in their claims of innovative and effective practice, or they have tried to transform themselves to fit new realities, organisational learning has emerged as one way to …
The Management of Family Planning Programs
Many factors contribute to successful family planning programs including effective management and development of personnel. The Asociacion Probienester de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia) provides an example of a strong managerial system and its contribution to effective performance. The author describes the development of Profamilia and its performance from 1965 to 1985. Profamilia has expanded geographically and diversified programmatically s…
Development and the Learning Organisation
We are aware that an increasing number of NGOs, particularly some of the large international ones, as well as some bilateral and multilateral actors, are embracing the idea of 'becoming a learning organisation'. Over the past decade, as NGOs have either rushed into the mainstream in their claims of innovative and effective practice, or they have tried to transform themselves to fit new realities, organisational learning has emerged as one way to …
Achieving successful academic-practitioner research collaborations
The potential for academic-NGO collaboration is enormous, but such collaboration is far more difficult than it appears on the surface, even when collaborators share a commitment to, and values that support, a particular cause or issue. This paper looks at some of the factors that derail academic-practitioner collaboration. It then identifies five different models of collaboration and makes recommendations that, if observed, should eliminate some …
The Management of Family Planning Programs
Many factors contribute to successful family planning programs including effective management and development of personnel. The Asociacion Probienester de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia) provides an example of a strong managerial system and its contribution to effective performance. The author describes the development of Profamilia and its performance from 1965 to 1985. Profamilia has expanded geographically and diversified programmatically s…
Achieving successful academic-practitioner research collaborations
The potential for academic-NGO collaboration is enormous, but such collaboration is far more difficult than it appears on the surface, even when collaborators share a commitment to, and values that support, a particular cause or issue. This paper looks at some of the factors that derail academic-practitioner collaboration. It then identifies five different models of collaboration and makes recommendations that, if observed, should eliminate some …
Development and the Learning Organisation
We are aware that an increasing number of NGOs, particularly some of the large international ones, as well as some bilateral and multilateral actors, are embracing the idea of 'becoming a learning organisation'. Over the past decade, as NGOs have either rushed into the mainstream in their claims of innovative and effective practice, or they have tried to transform themselves to fit new realities, organisational learning has emerged as one way to …
Ubuntu
Business (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Community Health and Development (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Educational Research and Science Teaching (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Engineering ethics (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works)