INTRODUCTION
Complex Collaboration: Building the Capabilities for Working Across Boundaries
ISBN: 978-0-76231-132-3, eISBN: 978-1-84950-288-7
Publication date: 1 December 2004
Abstract
Complex collaboration refers to situations where working together effectively across boundaries is critical for complex projects and problems. This work often involves projects of large scope and long duration. The knowledge of a variety of disciplines may be involved. Such projects may cross organizational, national, and/or cultural boundaries. The problem of managing such situations includes ambitious schedules, conflict of cultures and practices, massive amounts of information, multiple languages, and ambiguity of roles and responsibilities. Complex collaboration represents a capability that is essential to effective execution in such situations as new product development, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and supply chain management, as well as large government projects. A number of issues emerge in examining complex collaboration, including: unit of analysis, critical relationships, resource development, virtual teaming, key skills, and improvement processes.
Citation
Beyerlein, M.M., Johnson, D.A. and Beyerlein, S.T. (2004), "INTRODUCTION", Beyerlein, M., Johnson, D. and Beyerlein, S. (Ed.) Complex Collaboration: Building the Capabilities for Working Across Boundaries (Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. XIII-XVIII. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-0977(04)10013-7
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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