Creating a Culture of Collaboration: The International Association of Facilitators Handbook(J-B International Association of Facilitators)

Collaboration is often viewed as a one-time or project-oriented activity. An increasing challenge is to help organizations incorporate collaborative values and practices in their everyday ways of working. In Creating a Culture of Collaboration, an international group of practitioners and researchers–from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States–provide proven approaches to creating a culture of collaboration within and among groups, organizations, communities, and societies.

Table of Contents:
Preface xxiii Sandy Schuman 1 Five Transformational Leaders Discuss What They’ve Learned 1 Sam Kaner Part One: The Bases of Collaboration 2 Renewing Social Capital: The Role of Civil Dialogue 41 James M. Campbell 3 The Development of Cross-Sector Collaborations in a Social Context of Low Trust 55 Mladen Koljatic, Mónica Silva, Eduardo Valenzuela 4 Exploring the Dynamics of Collaboration in Interorganizational Settings 69 Ignacio J. Martinez-Moyano 5 Equity, Diversity, and Interdependence: A New Driver for Societal Transformation 87 Michael Murray, Brendan Murtagh 6 What Keeps It Together: Collaborative Tensility in Interorganizational Learning 105 Hilary Bradbury, Darren Good, Linda Robson 7 Make-or-Break Roles in Collaboration Leadership 129 Mirja P. Hanson Part Two: Approaches to Collaboration 8 Sense Making and the Problems of Learning from Experience: Barriers and Requirements for Creating Cultures of Collaboration 151 Gervase R. Bushe 9 Metaphors at Work: Building Multiagency Collaboration Through a Five-Stage Process 173 Carol Sherriff, Simon Wilson 10 Utilizing Uncertainty 193 Kim Sander Wright 11 Sustainable Cooperative Processes in Organizations 211 Dale Hunter 12 Is Your Organization an Obstacle Course or a Relay Team? A Meaning-Centered Approach to Creating a Collaborative Culture 229 Paul T. P. Wong 13 Practical Dialogue: Emergent Approaches for Effective Collaboration 257 Rosa Zubizarreta 14 Using the Facilitative Leader Approach to Create an Organizational Culture of Collaboration 281 Roger Schwarz 15 Use of Self in Creating a Culture of Collaboration 304 Ante Glavas, Claudy Jules, Ellen Van Oosten Part Three: Collaboration in Action 16 Collaboration for Social Change: A Theory and a Case Study 322 Cynthia Silva Parker, Linda N. Guinee, J. Courtney Bourns, Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Marianne Hughes, Andria Winther 17 Theory in Action: Building Collaboration in a County Public Agency 345 Jamie O. Harris, David Straus 18 Leadership for the Common Good 367 John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby 19 Using Deliberative Democracy to Facilitate a Local Culture of Collaboration: The Penn’s Landing Project 399 William J. Ball 20 Avoiding Ghettos of Like-Minded People: Random Selection and Organizational Collaboration 419 Lyn Carson 21 Involving Multiple Stakeholders in Large-Scale Collaborative Projects 435 Tasos Sioukas, Marilyn Sweet Appendix: Collaborative Values, Principles, and Beliefs 449 Key Concepts 469 Index 479

About the Author :
The Editor Sandy Schuman is a group facilitator, collaborative process advocate, and storyteller. He helps groups create shared meaning, make critical choices, and build collaborative relationships. He is the editor of The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation (from Jossey-Bass) and Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal and moderates Grp-Facl, the Electronic Discussion on Group Facilitation. Schuman is an associate of the Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY. His consulting firm is Executive Decision Services. Contact him at www.exeds.com.