Business without boundaries : an action framework for collaborating across time, distance, organization, and culture

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Title:

Author:

Mankin, Donald A., 1942-

ISBN:

9780787959111

Personal Author:

Mankin, Donald A., 1942-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004.

Physical Description:

xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Series Title:

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Contents:

1. Introduction : business without boundaries in the new global economy -- 2. Across organizations : the John Deere construction & forestry technology program -- 3. Across time, distance, and culture : the case of Radica Games Group, Inc. -- 4. What the Radica projects tell us about collaboration across time, distance, and culture -- 5. Across the supply chain : the Solectron case -- 6. What the Solectron initiatives tell us about collaboration across the supply chain -- 7. The action framework, part I : from setting the stage to getting started -- 8. The action framework, part II : from creating the infrastructure to doing to work.

Abstract:

"The authors explore a number of wide-ranging, real-world cases to identify hands-on principles for successful collaboration. They offer managers and executives practical steps and tools for creating, facilitating, and supporting complex collaborations throughout their organizations. And they explain how to "team" across boundaries in the new global economy. The recommendations are specific enough to apply to particular forms of complex collaboration (for example supply chains, global product development teams, interorganizational alliances) but general enough to apply to new forms that have yet to emerge."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Strategic alliances (Business) -- Case studies.

Interorganizational relations -- Case studies.

Academic-industrial collaboration -- Case studies.

International business enterprises -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Cohen, Susan G.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley042/2004015336.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley041/2004015336.html

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Summary

Traditional forms of collaboration are not sufficient for competing effectively in the more complex and dynamic environment of today's business world. Face-to-face meetings between people of similar backgrounds have given way to increasingly complex working relationships. Organizations must be able to gain rapid access to knowledgeable people to meet constantly changing conditions and demands. More fluid, flexible, and easily reconfigurable collaborative relationships are necessary to produce the innovations that can make or break organizations¾even entire industries¾ and provide the opportunities that attract the talented and motivated employees who will make the difference between success and failure.

Business Without Boundaries helps managers address these challenges. The authors explore a number of wide-ranging, real-world cases to identify hands-on principles for successful collaboration. They offer managers and executives practical steps and tools for creating, facilitating, and supporting complex collaborations throughout their organizations. And they explain how to "team" across boundaries in the new global economy. The recommendations are specific enough to apply to particular forms of complex collaboration (for example supply chains, global product development teams, interorganizational alliances) but general enough to apply to new forms that have yet to emerge.