Creating collaborations: from isolationism to community
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 1 April 2006
Abstract
Purpose
The focus of this work is on the theories that explicate the possibilities of collaboration from the perspective of the participants.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on the literature and the author's own experiences and knowledge.
Findings
Finds that successful change is characterized by changes in people: in the way they think and act due to and within particular organizational structures and in the way they interact with the world outside those structures.
Originality/value
Gives advice on the steps that need to be taken to gain support with collaboration in organizations and to be able to identify resistance to it.
Keywords
Citation
Slater, J.J. (2006), "Creating collaborations: from isolationism to community", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 215-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513540610654182
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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