THE CONCEPT OF COLLABORATION
Drawing from the literature and for the purpose of my research, I have settled on the following definition of the concept of collaboration: ‘A social process, involving conscious joint effort and cooperation between two or more parties to voluntarily pool their diverse complementary expertise, perspectives, knowledge, skills and resources for the purpose of achieving a […]
WHY COLLABORATIVE ENTERPRISE?
So why have I chosen Collaborative Enterprise as my research topic? Quite simply, the answer is that collaborative enterprise, or collaborative, networked organizations have emerged as the most approrpriate organizational form for today’s global environment and economy. Why is this so? As we transition out of the industrial economy to a more relational, knowledge based […]
KEY ELEMENTS INDICATING THE STRENGTH AND HEALTH OF A COLLABORATIVE ENTEPRISE
As part of my research I have identified the following key elements that indicate the health and strength of collaborative organisations.- • History of working together – also referred to as Heritage relationships – poor relationship history is a challenge for collaboration • Mutual Concern (interests) – aligning self-interests into collective interests – motivation is […]
HERDING CATS – FROM CONFLICT TO COLLABORATION
Warren Bennis in his book of the same title, claims that managing people is like herding cats. Of course, as Bennis points out, Cats won’t allow themselves to be herded – they can however, be persuaded, influenced and led toward a common purpose. The key message here is that management is becoming less relevant in […]
Mary Parker Follett – Pioneer of Modern Management and Negotiation theory
Mary Parker Follett was referred to by Peter Drucker as the prophet of management – Follett viewed bureaucratic organisations with their hierarchical forms as basically being unfit for purpose and preferred the concepts of network organisational forms, collaboration, and integrative bargaining – essentially the idea of people working together to achieve more than they could […]