Partnering for Organizational Performance: Collaboration and Culture in the Global Workplace - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742560147 ISBN 13: 9780742560147

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2008

Synopsis

The increasing practice of working 24x7 does not only refer to providing customer service day and night. It also describes how work now gets handed off from one time zone to the next, making business hours effectively all-day and world-wide. Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, General Motors, and the Ford Motor Company all have embraced the advent of an increasingly global work environment. The result is that business today necessarily spans cultures, languages, and continents.

In Partnering for Organizational Performance, applied anthropologists Briody and Trotter bring together an array of key practitioners and academics whose work demystifies the dynamics and life-cycles of partnerships. Each contributor explores the concepts and practices associated with the new, global reach of professional collaborative efforts by looking at cases that involve an array of partners. Students and practitioners will benefit from the in-depth analyses of cases that illustrate the possibilities of collaborative arrangements, whether in business and management, academic, or non-profit organizations.

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About the Author

Amy Goldmacher is a trained social scientist and research professional who finds opportunities for innovation and has run her own research and consulting business since 2013. By carefully observing and questioning how people engage with the world, she provides insights and recommendations that connect customers to products. With almost 20 years of applied research experience, Dr. Goldmacher has provided research for product, service, and experience design across industries, including academia, automotive, consumer products, digital places and websites, healthcare, industrial products, and apps. Dr. Goldmacher has previously published on topics of anthropological work and careers, including articles in the journals Anthropology News and Practicing Anthropology, co-edited a special edition of the journal Practicing Anthropology, and co-authored a chapter in an anthropology textbook. Dr. Goldmacher holds a B.A. in Anthropology with Honors from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742560147
• ISBN 13: 9780742560147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266
• Editor: Elizabeth K. Briody, Robert T. Trotter