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25 reviews
ISBN 10: 0230511392
ISBN 13: 9780230511392
Author: Elizabeth Lank
Collaboration across organizational boundaries is often critical to achieve an objective, but difficult to achieve in practice. This book explores the structures, processes, roles, skills, tools and techniques that enable people in different places to achieve a successful joint outcome and build advantage through collaboration. Written by an experienced practitioner who has facilitated many collaborative efforts, it includes practical case studies to illustrate key points.
1 Developing a Common Language
The importance of language
Defining collaborative advantage
The reasons organizations collaborate
Multiple outcomes
The collaborative advantage radar
Risks, costs, and benefits
Where the effort is needed
Understanding the rules of the game
2 Preparing to Collaborate
The relationship audit
Making a strategic assessment
Exploring possibilities
Test and learn
Finding potential partners
Serendipity
Approaching potential partners
Exploring options
Agreeing an exit strategy
Knowing your collaborative capacity
Planning for preparation
3 Structuring
Choosing a legal form
Contractual agreements
Governance structures
Allocating costs and benefits
Handling intellectual property
Assigning accountabilities
Flexible structures
4 Integrating the Team and Agreeing Joint Outcomes
Knowing what to aim for
Establishing personal relationships and trust
Aligning goals
Visualizing success
Agreeing ways of working: a collaboration charter
Co-location
Ongoing alignment
5 Nurturing the Collaborative Process
Whose job is it?
Protecting the core values of the group
Consequence management
Inducting new joiners
Handling conflict
Reviewing and adjusting the scope
Recognizing individual contributions
Ending a collaboration
Working across cultures
Valuing scarce skills
6 Resourcing the Collaborative Effort
Cross-organizational resourcing
Resourcing the collaborative process
Resourcing the initiatives of the collaborative venture
Project management
Operating expenses
Venture capital
Intangible contributions
The role of the public sector
The value of pragmatism
7 Communicating and Sharing Information
The role of information and communication technology
Dispelling the myths
Tips for effective communication
Creating an information architecture
The importance of two-way communication
8 Learning
Individual learning and development
Team learning
Organizational learning
Knowledge transfer processes
Evaluation for learning
Methodologies for assessing partnerships
Taking time to learn
9 Collaborative Skills, Leadership, and Specialist Roles
The characteristics of collaborative people
Collaborative leadership
Specialist roles
Appointing a chief relationship officer
Making the difficult decisions
10 Internal Collaboration
The challenge of collaborating across internal boundaries
Primary forms of internal collaboration
Blockers to internal collaboration
Encouraging and rewarding internal collaboration
The importance of building internal collaborative advantage
11 Developing Collaborative Capacity
Developing individual capability
Building organizational capability
Integrating collaborative advantage into business processes
Organizational competencies
Influencing organizational culture
The value of change agents
A new management philosophy
Notes
References
Index
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