Making Public Private Partnerships Work : Building Relationships and Understanding Cultures

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Context and the Nature of Public Private Partnerships -- Historical background -- Sectoral cultural differences -- Categories of public private partnerships -- Summary -- 2 Partnership Development Process and Identification of a Champion -- Partnership lifecycle -- Partnership establishment process -- Partnership drivers -- Identification of a partnership champion -- Interim organizational structure -- Summary -- 3 Partnership Development Strategy: Characteristics of Possible Partners -- Key sectors - appropriate approaches -- Developing a stakeholder map -- Negotiation process -- Summary -- 4 Partnership Development Strategy: Organizational Structure -- An informal partnership -- A formal partnership -- Company structure -- Making the choice -- Summary -- 5 Partnership Development Strategy: Governance, Resources and Staffing -- Membership -- Role and appointment of the chair -- The powers and functions of the board -- Infrastructure to support the PPP -- Resourcing a partnership -- Summary -- 6 Managing a Partnership's Business -- Underlying principles -- Business management process -- A PPP's strategic plan -- A PPP's annual business plan -- Operational management -- Summary -- 7 Accountability and Keeping in Touch -- Types of accountability -- Keeping in touch -- Summary -- 8 Setting Targets and Measuring Success -- Aim of target-setting process -- Target setting applied to PPPs -- Characteristics of targets -- Target reporting system -- Summary -- 9 Characteristics of Successful Partnerships -- Purpose and objectives -- Leadership quality -- Partnership values -- Operational and management structures -- References -- Index.