CAPABILITIES NECESSARY FOR PARTNERSHIP In order to develop a complex skill, the person must understand conceptually and beha,;orallywlrn t the skill is. By havingclea rand concrete ideas about the skills necessary for partnership, the p1·ofessional health worker or the change agent can identify and utilize the best opportunities or methods to develop these ski11s. A discussion on the capabilitie s necessary fur partm:n,hip shall he la ken up in this section. These are of two major ~i,cs: (a) skills necessary to work with others in order 10 function effectively as an integrated unit; (b) skills that the professional health worker and the other partners need to perform together to attain community health developme nt. Skills Necessary to Function as an Integrated Unit These skills include the capabilities necessary to be able to work together as a coordinated unit. The fo Uowing arc major e:-:amples of these skills: 1. The Skill Necessary to he Broadm inded ol· Opcn-J:\fiod ed. This involves beh1g able to see and understand th_ings. evenls, and experiences from all perspectives. It therefore, entails being genui. nely willing to enler another's private world and see how things appear from l1is poi11l of view-without adding any persona l evaluation. 2. The Skill to Develop and l\'[aintain Trust. Al~cording to. Johnson and Johnson, the crucilll clements of trust are openness, sharing, acceptance, support, and cooperative intentions. a. Openness is the sharing ofinfom1ation, thoughts and feelings on the issue the partners are pursuing. b. Sharing is the offering of resources in order to help :move the group toward goal accompli shments. 118 c.. Acceptance ismaking the other person feel that he and his contributions are highly regarded. d. Support is making tbe other person feel. that he bas the strength and the capabiliti es needed to manage productive ly the situation he is in. e. Cooperative intentions are expressions of expectations that tl1e partners are going to behave cooperatively to achieve the group's goals. 3. Group Skills. The partnership approach is effectively sustained through work groups which nre utilized as the basic compone nts of the organiz ~tional structure in community health development. Group slalls are, therefore, important components of pa1·tnership, These iaclutle the capabilities necessary to help t1Je group achieve its tasks (task functions) and build relationships and cohesiveness among members termed group building and maintenance function s. (. Johnson and Johnson 1975, pp. 26-27). a. Ti Jpes of behavior under task. fu11ctio11. s include the following: 1. Starter: Proposes goals and tasks to tnitiate action within the group. 