Evolving E-Health Systems: Symbiotic Constructs Between Corporate and E-Healthcare Worlds in International Space

Inter-Sectorial Dydadic Relationships: Generic And Theoretical Perspectives

This paper posits that strategic partnerships and alliances are, in essence, symbiotic information networks. These are, in essence, mutually advantageous inter-organizational systems between informational cultures differing in values, missions, perceptions and evolutions. Moreover, these informational cultures incubate and thrive in informational cultural polities, which are articulated through the governance sector. Networks are systems of interconnected individuals and organizations through which informational and resources flow (Ford, Wells and Bailey, 2004). These networks interact and coalesce through an exchange of informational, relational and transactional capital and sustained through transactional and transformational processes. Moreover, these processes are articulated through skills sets exercised through system participants, called executives. Coupling of different sectors occurs when relational capital and transactional capital is leveraged through transactional and transformational skill sets. Where the capital and process resources are inadequate, a supra level (governance sector) foster and leverage evolving symbiotic information network. Symbiotic information networks are the result of the interplay of management and technical processes.