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Section 1: GETTING IT RIGHT UP FRONT: THE BIG QUESTIONS
Step Four: Can I do the work in partnership with others?
At this stage you need to ask:
Q Who else will benefit from the research?
Q Are there any potential partners to work with me?
Q How am I going to engage with and involve the stakeholders in the project?
Some projects will only affect your organisation, for example, an internal audit of skills and professional development needs (though even this will presumably need input from external training providers at the action planning stage). If that is the case you can go to step five.
In most instances, however, other organisations are likely to benefit from, or be affected by, your research project. These are your stakeholders.
You need to keep them informed and ensure their views are represented through the course of the project. Firstly, because you may need their participation in the research project and secondly, because they may well be responsible, in part at least, for implementing any action plan or developments arising from the research.
Some of your stakeholders may want to be partners in your project. There are many advantages of working in partnership. Partners may help fund and manage the project and will bring different skills, insights and networks with them. You will need to keep them informed.
Health Warning: However, beware that they may also bring different agendas and expectations and be prepared to manage these. The best way to do that is to keep focussed on the first two questions – what is it that I need to know and how will I use the knowledge?
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