New Directions for Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Brokerage in Scotland

DescriptionA briefing paper reporting on the health-focused Scottish Academy for Health Policy and Management pilot project which tested the theory and practice of knowledge transfer and knowledge brokerage at a Corporate and Department level in the Scottish Executive.
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Office of Chief Researcher
Knowledge Transfer Team
Briefing Paper

Gill Clark and Liz Kelly
SE: OCR Knowledge Transfer Team and SEHD Scottish Executive Social Research
2005

ISBN 0 7559 2710 9

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

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ABBREVIATIONS

1. BACKGROUND, INTRODUCTION AND SAHPM OVERVIEW
1.1 Purpose of Briefing Paper
1.2 Overview of SAHPM Project
1.3 Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Brokerage: Definitions and SAHPM Objectives
1.4 Final Pilot Project Outcomes and Direction of Travel for Knowledge Transfer

2. SAHPM PROJECT PROCESS
2.1 Stakeholder Buy In
2.2 Developing Networks and Identifying Communities of Practice
2.3 Practical SAHPM Project Examples
2.4 Sustainable Benefits from SAHPM Project for SE and NHSS
2.5 SAHPM Brokerage of Education and Learning Provision
2.6 SAHPMKT/ KB Process: Concluding Observations

3. DISCUSSION
3.1 The Policy Community
3.2 The Practice Community
3.3 The Academic Community
3.4 The Private Sector Community
3.5 Effective Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Brokerage between research, policy and practice communities

4. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND KNOWLEDGE BROKERAGE IN SCOTLAND
4.1 Working in the Gap: Deploying Knowledge Brokers
4.2 Options for future movements

5. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

Appendices

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

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