comanagement

Joint administrative control

Comanagement is shared management between two or more parties, typically in contexts where authority or responsibility is divided.

In healthcare, comanagement involves multiple physicians coordinating care for the same patient: The surgeon and internist entered a comanagement agreement for post-operative care.

In natural resources, it often refers to joint governance between government agencies and indigenous communities or local stakeholders.

Also spelled co-management.

business

partnership

Shared business arrangement

cooperative · alliance · merger · subsidiary · franchise · licensing · co-investment · consortium · cross-functional

governance

partnership

Shared business arrangement

multi-stakeholder · consensus-building · co-administration · accountability · transparency · negotiation · mediation · treaty · co-regulation · institutional

resources

fisheries

Fish-harvesting operations

stewardship · conservation · indigenous · community-based · quota · harvest · land-use · watershed · marine · pastoral

healthcare

patient-centered

Prioritizing individual care needs

consultation · wellness

Opposites
number of managing parties

comanagementcentralized control

Authority concentrated in one body

top-down management · centralized authority · one-party rule · self-management · individual

Family

manage, manager, management, managed, managing, manageable, managers, mismanage, manages

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