Partnerships and collaborations as paucity management practices in rural and regional community-based human service organisations

This paper is based on a study ofpartnerships and collaborations between the community, government and private sectors in the Central West Region ofNew South Wales. Australia. The study included participants from all three sectors and found a multitude ofrelationships between private, public and community-based organisations.' A diverse range ofviews about their impact on staff, managers, clients and the community as a whole was evident