Using the Facilitative Leader Approach to Create an Organizational Culture of Collaboration.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42463) has announced the addition of "Creating a Culture of Collaboration: The International Association of Facilitators Handbook" to their offering.

The IAF Handbook of Collaboration will answer such questions as: How can we create a culture of collaboration? What do we mean by a culture of collaboration, and how is this different from other types of organizational cultures? How can the process improvements we bring to groups and organizations be made long lasting? What methods and techniques foster a culture of collaboration? What dangers might arise by emphasizing collaboration, and how can we avoid them? Individual chapters will address collaboration as a cultural change, guide the reader among different approaches, and draw on appropriate literature and research.

The primary audiences for The IAF Handbook of Collaboration are professional group facilitators, organization development practitioners, public participation specialists, and all advocates of process -- people who are concerned with conflict and change within and among groups, organizations, communities, and societies. Secondary audiences include business, government and community leaders who wish to build more collaborative relationships within and without their organizations.

Part One: The Bases of Collaboration

Renewing Social Capital: The Role of Civil Dialogue (James M. Campbell)

The Development of Cross-Sector Collaborations in a Social Context of Low Trust (Mladen Koljatic, Monica Silva, and Eduardo Valenzuela)

Exploring the Dynamics of Collaboration in Interorganizational Settings (Ignacio J. Martinez-Moyano)

Equity, Diversity, and Interdependence: A New Driver for Societal Transformation (Michael Murray and Brendan Murtagh)

What Keeps It Together: Collaborative Tensility in Interorganizational Learning (Hilary Bradbury, Darren Good, and Linda Robson)

Make-or-Break Roles in Collaboration Leadership (Mirja P. Hanson)

Part Two: Approaches to Collaboration

Sense Making and the Problems of Learning from Experience: Barriers and Requirements for Creating Cultures of Collaboration (Gervase R. Bushe)

Metaphors at Work: Building Multiagency Collaboration Through a Five-Stage Process (Carol Sherriff, and Simon Wilson)

Utilizing Uncertainty (Kim Sander Wright)

Sustainable Cooperative Processes in Organizations (Dale Hunter).

Is Your Organization an Obstacle Course or a Relay Team? A Meaning-Centered Approach to Creating a Collaborative Culture (Paul T. P. Wong)

Practical Dialogue: Emergent Approaches for Effective Collaboration (Rosa Zubizarreta).

Using the Facilitative Leader Approach to Create an Organizational Culture of Collaboration (Roger Schwarz)

Use of Self in Creating a Culture of Collaboration (Ante Glavas, Claudy Jules, and Ellen Van Oosten).

Part Three: Collaboration in Action

Collaboration for Social Change: A Theory and a Case Study (Cynthia Silva Parker, Linda N. Guinee, J. Courtney Bourns, Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Marianne Hughes, and Andria Winther).

Theory in Action: Building Collaboration in a County Public Agency (Jamie O. Harris, and David Straus).

Leadership for the Common Good (John M. Bryson, and Barbara C. Crosby)

Using Deliberative Democracy to Facilitate a Local Culture of Collaboration: The Penns Landing Project (William J. Ball).

Avoiding Ghettos of Like-Minded People: Random Selection and Organizational Collaboration (Lyn Carson).

Involving Multiple Stakeholders in Large-Scale Collaborative Projects (Tasos Sioukas, and Marilyn Sweet)

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