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Collaboration : how leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results / Morten T. Hansen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, (c)2009.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781422137277
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD31 .C655 2009
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Know when to collaborate, and when not to -- Spot the four barriers to collaboration -- Lever 1 : unify people -- Lever 2 : cultivate t-shaped management -- Lever 3 : build nimble networks -- Grow to be a collaborative leader.
Summary: Many leaders inherently know that in today's competitive environment, companywide collaboration is an imperative for successful strategy execution. Sadly, most cross-unit collaborative efforts end up wasting time, money, and resources. This book shows managers how to get it right through 'disciplined collaboration'. Deciding when to collaborate- and when not to- is the first critical step in disciplined collaboration. To master collaboration is to know when not to do it. Highlighted also are four common collaboration traps that managers must avoid: the 'not-invented-here' syndrome; hoarding; search problems; and transfer issues.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Getting collaboration wrong-- or getting it right -- Know when to collaborate, and when not to -- Spot the four barriers to collaboration -- Lever 1 : unify people -- Lever 2 : cultivate t-shaped management -- Lever 3 : build nimble networks -- Grow to be a collaborative leader.

Many leaders inherently know that in today's competitive environment, companywide collaboration is an imperative for successful strategy execution. Sadly, most cross-unit collaborative efforts end up wasting time, money, and resources. This book shows managers how to get it right through 'disciplined collaboration'. Deciding when to collaborate- and when not to- is the first critical step in disciplined collaboration. To master collaboration is to know when not to do it. Highlighted also are four common collaboration traps that managers must avoid: the 'not-invented-here' syndrome; hoarding; search problems; and transfer issues.

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