(Focus Group) At one study site, much of the acknowledgement of external tacit knowledge related to how participants involved community partners in program planning and implementation processes.
Enhanced learning occurs through internal motivation, rather than external drivers, and requires acknowledgement of shortcomings and adoption of a reflective approach towards one's own practice [ 16].
On the one hand, this might be seen as a form of wisdom, or non-attachment: an acknowledgement that nothing external is permanent.
The EU's formal acknowledgement that its external policies were not always concerted towards good health outcomes plays an important role in this policy framework, as it explicitly acknowledged the need to extend its 'health in all policies' commitment to all its external actions.
While there was a view expressed that income should be the focus of regulation, there was also acknowledgement of the external pressures on the market for dual practice services and therefore broader regulation of medical education and workforce planning would be considered relevant.
Note that the authors also thank in their acknowledgements "several anonymous external reviewers", and again the public is left to wonder who they are, and what unseen and unaccountable power these "reviewers" might have.
The findings from the literature search were discussed by an external expert advisory group (please see acknowledgements).
The public relations style depicts owner-managers' acknowledgement of social networking and external communication as important to the management of small companies.
Despite the challenges of working with grant funding, there was acknowledgement of the value of external funding as it stimulated interest, activity, and support for the department both from within and outside of the institution.
The only incentive used was an offer to the external experts of a mention in the acknowledgements on the condition of completion of two rounds.
