Samverkan över professionsgränser i ett kommunalt projekt
En studie om hur uppdelning i professioner påverkar kommuners samverkansformer
ProfessionInteractionProjectSocial closureKnowledge exchangeProfessionInteraktionProjektSocial stängningKunskapsutbyte
This essay aims to investigate the affects of interaction between different professions ina municipal project. In the project, professional representatives from the social servicesand schools have collaborated with staff in preschool/school and exchanged knowledgeto improve the work around children with antisocial behavior. It is in this essaysambition to create an understanding of how professional practitioners, with a monopolyon certain knowledge, influences the possibilities and limitations of cooperation in amunicipal project. This is examined through six qualitative interviews with members ofan municipal project. By using theories about professionalization, social closure,alliance strategy and social control it is possible to understand how division intoprofessions creates opportunities and limitations of interaction exchange incollaborative projects. The main conclusion is that well-established professions excludeother professions through social closure when they threaten to challenge the establishedknowledge monopoly. Project members who don?t challenge the established knowledgemonopoly are accepted and an alliance between professions occurs. To succeed with theexchange of knowledge in projects between different professions, it is important toestablish a common vision which can gather people's different knowledge andprofessional backgrounds and get them to strive for a common purpose. It is importantto establish interaction for making the project members feel belonging and solidaritywith the group.