Abstract
AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a form of analysis that is important in the development of inter‐agency working and partnerships. Social network analysis is being seen as increasingly important in understanding inter‐organizational life. The paper will introduce the idea of network learning, which is in principle a way of making social networks explicit and using an understanding of them as a part of a learning process for partnership development. The paper will also argue for a practice of network learning which integrates social network analysis with Soft Operational Research. This combination, it will be shown, provides further insights into understanding collaboration (a systems‐level phenomena) in inter‐agency networks or partnerships. These ideas will be described and reviewed in detail via a case study. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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