Compare KTO1 with different types of intermediary actors in the implementation of its activities.
This theory was developed for environment protection policies indicating a need for the involvement of key actors in the implementation process.
Utilizing a qualitative study design, the study elicits the responses of key actors in the implementation of the clinical mentoring intervention, discusses the implications for improving health care service delivery and outlines some key policy recommendations.
Drawing on the theoretical perspective of Actor Network Theory, this study set out to examine the relationships between human and non-human (ICT) actors in the implementation of a complex sociotechnical change represented by the implementation of an EMR system by a large teaching hospital.
The program implementation process at all levels is constrained by poor coordination, lack of integration of the program to other development efforts, under-resourcing the programme, poor MVC data management and lack of follow-up and, lastly, lack of integration of the non-state actors in the implementation of the program (i.e. NGOs, FBOs, and NGOs).
The case study analysis of the innovation process that led to the establishment of the Rondeel poultry husbandry system reveals that the interpretative flexibility of design process outputs as boundary objects helps in creating mutual understanding among diverse actors involved in the implementation of a novel agricultural production system concept, and in mobilizing support for it.
Across all sites an attempt was made to elicit information from different categories of actors involved in the implementation process.
Interestingly, despite the general communal specification of coherence, each of the actors participating in the implementation of the CDSS did so for distinctive reasons.
It may also provide crucial information on the responsibilities of the various actors involved in the implementation of pharmacogenomic technologies aimed at meeting the needs of developing world populations.
At the local level, Building (or Working) with Nature effectively reconciled the previously conflicting interests and was acceptable to actors participating in the implementation including environmental groups, local farmer organizations and municipal residents.
