Fortunately, there is a great amount of literature available that discusses collaborative governance and how it is imperative these days when governing agencies need to problem solve issues that affect the communities they serve. Interesting enough, most everything come across during my research I’ve discloses right off that bat that there is not an ideal collaborative governance model that provides the one-size-fits-all process needed to handle a challenge that agency partners are collectively working its overuse, the term on. “In has become a catchall to signify just about any type of ‘collaboration’ organizational or inter-personal relationship, making it difficult for those seeking to collaborate to put into practice or evaluate with certainty” (Gajda, 2004). Not only is our County agency up against a wicked challenge of successfully collaborating when creating a Transportation Safety Action Plan but we also face the challenge of creating a unique collaborative governance model that will help jumpstart the creation of the Plan and ensure and it’s success sustainability. From the start, we must realize that is a journey not “collaboration a (Gajda, 2004). that be able to develop all of destination” We can’t assume we’ll the answers needed to address the goal, but we can make a valid effort Plan’s along the way. There is a need for flexibility and fluidity, thus requiring pulling together a hybrid model specifically for creating the Plan. County’s In reading An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance, the authors pull together an integrative framework that is intended to work across a wide variety of systems (Emerson, 2011). framework provides a broad “The conceptual map for situating and exploring components of cross-boundary
Fortunately, there is a great amount of literature available that discusses collaborative governance and how it is imperative these days when governing agencies need to problem solve issues that affect the communities they serve. Interesting enough, most everything I’ve come across during my research discloses right off that bat that there is not an ideal collaborative governance model that provides the one-size-fits-all process needed to handle a challenge that agency partners are collectively working on. “In its overuse, the term ‘collaboration’ has become a catchall to signify just about any type of or inter-personal relationship, making it difficult for those seeking to collaborate to put into practice or evaluate with certainty” (Gajda, 2004). Not only is our County agency up against a wicked challenge of successfully collaborating when creating a Transportation Safety Action Plan but we also face the challenge of creating a unique collaborative governance model that will help jumpstart the creation of the Plan and ensure it’s success and sustainability. From the start, we must realize that “collaboration is a journey not a destination” (Gajda, 2004). We can’t assume that we’ll be able to develop all of the answers needed to address the Plan’s goal, but we can make a valid effort along the way. There is a need for flexibility and fluidity, thus requiring pulling together a hybrid model specifically for creating the County’s Plan. In reading An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance, the authors pull together an integrative framework that is intended to work across a wide variety of systems (Emerson, 2011). “The framework provides a broad conceptual map for situating and exploring components of cross-boundary organizational