Monypenny, Richard (2006) Reflecting on the dynamics of our intervention. In: Proceedings of 12th ANZSYS Conference: Sustaining our Social and Natural Capital. pp. 243-249. From: Sustaining our Social and Natural Capital, 3-6 December 2006, Katoomba, NSW, Australia.

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We are working with three senior staff of an association of local service providers to help then make concrete steps towards closer cooperation and increased value adding, as part of a medium term process to successfully develop a local industrial cluster. The benefits (and the costs) from this process will accrue both to local service providers and to service recipients. Participation in the process has two stages: Initial participation will include local service providers. Later, in a second stage, participation is expected to naturally extend along the supply chain to both suppliers and to service recipients.The paper has two parts:

• A very brief outline of the context for our work with the three association staff.

• An outline of a few aspects of our reflections that are most relevant to the participants at the Systems Conference:

1. Maintaining staff support for our intervention, given that the dynamics from our intervention range from negative to very positive.

2. Keeping a boundary between those staff who participate in "walk the talk" and those who do not.

3. Maintaining a manageable demand on resources.

4. Prioritizing projects to work on.

Item ID:	7505
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	978-0-9791688-0-2
Keywords:	industrial cluster
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Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2010 01:31
FoR Codes:	14 ECONOMICS > 1402 Applied Economics > 140218 Urban and Regional Economics @ 100%
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