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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450908503321

Autore

Huxham Chris.

Titolo

Managing to collaborate : the theory and practice of collaborative advantage / / Chris Huxham and Siv Vangen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-30167-7

1-280-28996-1

9786610289967

0-203-01016-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Classificazione

85.10

Altri autori (Persone)

VangenSiv <1964-> (Siv Evy)

Disciplina

658/.044

Soggetti

Strategic alliances (Business)

Partnership

Business networks

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1: Introduction to the theory and practice of collaborative advantage. Collaborative advantage: what? Why? How? And why not? ; Cases of collaboration ; The principles of the theory of collaborative advantage ; Action researching collaboration -- Pt. 2: Themes in collaboration practice. Grappling with advantage and inertia ; Managing aims ; Negotiating purpose ; Membership structures and dynamics ; Coping with trust ; Using power ; Issues of identity ; The meaning of leadership ; Doing leadership -- Pt. 3: Collaboratin in practice. Using the theory : managing tensions in collaboration practice ; Managing to collaborate--and getting a buzz from it.

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking text is concerned with the management of situations in which people have to work collaboratively together with those in other organizations.