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Creating Collaborative Advantage

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Strategic Management & Business Policy

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  • ISBN 9780803974982
  • Weight: 420g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 28 May 1996
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Inter-organizational collaboration is becoming increasingly significant as a means of achieving organizational objectives in turbulent environments. Yet it is not an easy process to implement successfully. Drawing on the work of authors with a high level of relevant experience, this volume provides a thought-provoking and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of `creating collaborative advantage′.

The first part of the book develops a framework of key dimensions for understanding collaboration. Different perspectives highlight the diversity of rationales and contexts involved, and the range of elements which need to be considered and addressed when embarking on collaborative endeavours.

The second section focuses in more detail on collaboration in practice. It examines the problems that can occur when different `stakeholders′, who frequently hold different aims, cultures, procedures, professional languages and power resources, work across organizational boundaries. The last section addresses specifically the processes of acting as a facilitator to collaborative groups. It discusses how and why a third party facilitator role can be helpful, and explores the various processes and techniques that can be used.
About
Chris Huxham is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde. CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Catherine Barr University of Strathclyde Steve Cropper Keele University Colin Eden University of Strathclyde Arnold de Jong Netherlands