I am undertaking PhD research at RMIT University to increase understanding of the issues that impact upon public sector management of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects by developing a generic integrated partnership, risk and performance management model.
I am contacting you because [insert reason].
After conducting an extensive review of existing literature on the research topic, it is clear that there is a limited amount of empirical research that focuses directly on the operational phase of PPP projects.
I would therefore like to invite you to take part in an interview process as your input will shed light on this under-developed area. All information that you provide will remain anonymous and treated in the utmost confidence. It is expected that interviews will last 60-90 minutes and will ideally take place during January 2013 at a place of your choosing.
To participate, please respond to this invite with a time / date preference as well as the choice of management discipline(s) that you would like to be interviewed for i.e. partnership, risk and / or performance management.
In return for your support, I would be happy to disseminate the findings of the research to you through presentation, informal meeting, by summary report and / or by publication.
I have included a link to a webpage that contains additional information on the research. This includes a one page overview of the research and the interview questions. Please click on this link: ____________________________ to access the page.
If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone or return by email.
I look forward to meeting you soon.