The Six Dilemmas of Collaboration Inter-organisational Relationships as Drama [Hardcover]

* Provides managers with a conceptual framework and practical methodology for establishing effective collaboration.
* A new concept utilizing drama theory in business management.
* Includes case studies, illustrations, and diagrams.Preface.

Acknowledgements.

PART I: THE CHALLENGE.

Together.

Responses.

Paradoxes.

PART II: THE DRAMA FRAMEWORK.

Framing Collaboration.

Storyboarding.

The Six Dilemmas.

PART III: ENACTING.

Synopsis.

Director's Toolbox.

Designs.

Postscripts.

Glossary.

References.

Index.

 

JIM BRYANT is Professor of Operational Research and Strategy Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University. Over the past decade he has been centrally involved in the development and application of drama-based analysis and methods, notably for handling intra- and inter-organisational, relationships. Alongside his work on strategic partnerships and alliances, he has acted as a problem-structuring consultant and facilitator, particularly to public sector and community clients.
He is presently Chairman of the Conflict Research Society, a widely based professional body concerned with the study of conflict and collaboration at all levels.Successful collaborative working is a critical imperative in both the public and private sectors. By using the framework clearly set out in this book, the reader is able to understand and manage, at both cognitive and affective levels, the specific challenges that are faced in specific joint enterprises.

Drama theory offers a highly general framework for capturing and representing inter- and intra-organisational relationships. It provides insightl+