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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813313303321

Autore

Saz-Carranza Angel <1976-, >

Titolo

Uniting diverse organizations : managing goal-oriented advocacy networks / / Angel Saz-Carranza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-70849-3

0-203-10779-9

1-136-26331-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in business organizations and networks ; ; 48

Disciplina

658/.048

Soggetti

Business networks - Management

Interorganizational relations

Nonprofit organizations

Strategic alliances (Business)

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. 125-136) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Uniting Diverse Organizations; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Advocacy Networks in the U.S. Immigration Field; 3 The Core of Goal-Directed Network Management: Uniting in Diversity; 4 Building Network Power and Using It; 5 Sustaining the Unity/Diversity Tension; 6 Managing Interaction and Decision-Making in Diversity; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: Research Design and Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Networks are made up of organizations. Often a central unit, or ""Network Administrative Organization"" (NAO), manages an entire network of organizations that collaborate to achieve an overall network-level goal. Goal-directed networks are those that come together to achieve a shared objective, in addition to the individual organization-specific goals. This book's focus is on the management of goal-directed networks. Despite the fact that formalized goal-directed interorganizational networks have become extremely popular in the public and nonprofit sectors, as many social prob