Managing to Collaborate: The Theory and Practice of Collaborative Advantage

✍ Scribed by Chris Huxham

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 264
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Collaboration between organizations on different continents can raise issues of economic development, health, the environment, risk sharing, supply chain efficiency and human resource management. It is an activity that can touch upon almost every aspect of business and social life. In this notable text, the authors combine rigorous theory with practical examples to create a useful, practical, one-stop resource covering topics such as: the principles of the theory of collaborative advantage managing aims  membership structures and dynamics  issues of identity using the theory. The key features of the book include rich theory, drawn directly from practice, explained in simple language, and a coherently developed understanding of the challenges of collaboration, based on careful research. This significant text will be an invaluable reference for all students, academics and managers studying or working in collaboration.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Part I Introduction to the theory and practice of collaborative advantage......Page 13
1 Collaborative advantage......Page 14
2 Cases of collaboration......Page 24
3 The principlies of the theory of collaborative advantage......Page 38
4 Action researching collaboration......Page 50
PartII Themes in collaboration practice......Page 63
5 Grappling with advantage and inertia......Page 64
6 Managing aims......Page 85
7 Negotiating purpose......Page 106
8 Membership structures and dynamics......Page 123
9 Coping with trust......Page 150
10 Using power......Page 169
11 Issues of identity......Page 182
12 The meaning of leadership......Page 196
13 Doing leadership......Page 206
Part III Collaboration in practice......Page 222
14 Using the theory......Page 223
15 Managing to collaborate—abd getting a buzz from it......Page 240
Bibliography......Page 247
Index......Page 256