Effective Collaboration: Managing the Obstacles to Success

by F. McDonald (Editor)

Overview

This book investigates the problems of effectively managing partnerships between organizations in the private, public and not for profit sectors, and highlights many of the pitfalls of an uncritical and quick fix approach to collaboration. It provides a conceptual framework that can be used to identify possible problems and to find solutions that can enable collaborative ventures to succeed. This framework enables academics, students and practising managers to assess and to devise solutions to the management problems connected to collaborative ventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349663699
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/10/2001
Edition description:	1st ed. 2001
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

RICHARD BUTLER Bradford University CAROLYN ERDERNER Stuttgard Institute of Management and Technology JAS GILL Bradford University CHRIS HUXHAM Strathclyde Business School ROBIN MATTHEWS Kingston University FRANK MARTIN Kingston University IAN C MORISON Loughborough University DAVID SINK UALR JAN STILES Henley Management College ONGEMAR TORBIORN Skholm University REHAN UL-HAG Birmingham University SIV VANGEN Strathclyde Business School

Table of Contents

What Makes Practitioners Tick? Understanding Collaboration Practice and Practising Collaboration Understanding Managing Strategic Alliances Success: Determining the Influence Factors of Intent Within Partnerships The Forms and Purposes of Strategic Alliances In The European Banking Sector Alliances in the Natural Gas Vehicle Industry: An Application of Complexity to An Environmental Issue The Challenges of Multisector Collaboration In Community Development Leveraging Professional Knowledge in Healthcare Networks Through Integrated IT: The V-NBS Approach Knowledge and Trust in Partnership Formation International Staffing Patterns and Transaction Costs: Implications for Alliance Readiness and Firm Performance The Role of Power Relationships in Partnership Agreements Between Small and Large Buyers Joining Two Organization Units: Managing Cultural Threats and Possibilities Managing Effective Partnerships