Strategic Collaboration in Public and Nonprofit Administration: A Practice-Based Approach to Solving Shared Problems (ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy)

Dorothy Norris-Tirrell; Joy A. Clay

ISBN 10: 1420088750 / ISBN 13: 9781420088755

Published by Routledge, 2010

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Synopsis:

Market disruptions, climate change, and health pandemics lead the growing list of challenges faced by today’s leaders. These issues, along with countless others that do not make the daily news, require novel thinking and collaborative action to find workable solutions. However, many administrators stumble into collaboration without a strategic orientation. Using a practitioner-oriented style, Strategic Collaboration in Public and Nonprofit Administration: A Practice-Based Approach to Solving Shared Problems provides guidance on how to collaborate more effectively, with less frustration and better results.

The authors articulate an approach that takes advantage of windows of opportunity for real problem solving; brings multi-disciplinary participants to the table to engage more systematically in planning, analysis, decision making, and implementation; breaks down barriers to change; and ultimately, lays the foundation for new thinking and acting. They incorporate knowledge gained from organization and collaboration management research and personal experience to create a fresh approach to collaboration practice that highlights:

• Collaboration Lifecycle Model
• Metric for determining why and when to collaborate
• Set of principles that distinguish Strategic Collaboration Practice
• Overall Framework of Strategic Collaboration

Linking collaboration theory to effective practice, this book offers essential advice that fosters shared understanding, creative answers, and transformation results through strategic collaborative action. With an emphasis on application, it uses scenarios, real-world cases, tables, figures, tools, and checklists to highlight key points. The appendix includes supplemental resources such as collaboration operating guidelines, a meeting checklist, and a collaboration literature review to help public and nonprofit managers successfully convene, administer, and lead collaboration. The book presents a framework for engaging in collaboration in a way that stretches current thinking and advances public service practice.

About the Author: Dorothy Norris-Tirrell (Author) ,  Joy A. Clay (University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA) (Author)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Strategic Collaboration in Public and ...
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket