Partnership Resource Centre
Research
Partnership and Productivity in the Public Sector: a Review of the Literature
This report was commissioned by the Partnership Resource Centre to identify key elements which can lead to increased productivity in the public sector. The research was carried out during 2006 and the literature reviewed included books, academic journals, specialist journals, official documents and publications by governments, unions and public sector organisations, in three languages, English, French and German. The report is also illustrated by international examples.
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International Experiences of Partnership
This report documents international workplace partnership approaches and experience in terms of its interest and relevance to New Zealand policy and practice.
The report illustrates the diversity of workplace partnerships by drawing on experiences and examples from Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom.
With the current focus on partnership approaches and high performance workplaces, the question is not whether partnership will become a new way of organising work, but rather what particular forms of workplace partnership will be constructed in New Zealand workplaces.
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Workplace Partnership in New Zealand: A Stocktake of Practice
In 2005 the Partnership Resource Centre commissioned a comprehensive review or ´stocktake´ of union-management workplace partnership practices and behaviours in New Zealand.
The study found that the penetration of partnership practices has been sporadic and/or experimental set in an environment that is oftentimes abrasive to the concept. Nonetheless, in many workplaces where collective bargaining has existed for a significant period, both unions and management are adopting some key features of a partnership approach.
The study concluded that prospects for further penetration of partnership behaviours in unionized firms are positive as attitudes on both sides are relatively open to the approach.