Making collaboration work : lessons from innovation in natural resource management / Julia M. Wondolleck and Steven L. Yaffee
- Author
- Wondolleck, Julia Marie
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2000]
- Copyright Date
- ©2000
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Yaffee, Steven Lewis
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- Contents
- The Promise and Challenge of Collaboration in Resource Management -- Building Bridges to a Sustainable Future -- Why Is Innovation Occurring? -- A New Style of Resource Management -- The Uses and Mechanisms of Collaboration -- A Guide to Making Collaboration Work -- Why Collaboration? -- Building Understanding -- Making Wise Decisions and Building Support for Them -- Getting Work Done -- Developing Agencies, Organizations, and Communities -- The Challenge of Collaboration -- The Basic Dilemma -- Institutional and Structural Barriers -- Barriers Due to Attitudes and Perceptions -- Problems with the Process of Collaboration -- Overcoming Barriers -- Lessons from a Decade of People Working Together -- Building on Common Ground -- A Sense of Place or Community -- Shared Problems or Fears -- Shared Goals or Interests -- Compatible Interests -- Creating New Opportunities for Interaction -- Working at Outreach through Communication -- Establishing New Structures -- Crafting Meaningful, Effective, and Enduring Processes -- A Meaningful and Legitimate Process of Interaction -- An Effective Process -- An Enduring Process -- Focusing on the Problem in New and Different Ways -- A Willingness to Try New Approaches -- A Holistic Perspective -- Problem Focused, Not Bound by Positions or Procedures -- Not Bound by Traditional Conceptions of Agency Roles -- Learning Together -- Bounding the Problem with Credible Information -- Fostering a Sense of Responsibility and Commitment -- Transforming "Them" to "Us."
- Summary
- The authors explain the need for collaboration in the management of natural resources and cite successful partnerships doing so, including government agencies, community groups, businesses and individuals across the USA.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781597262002
1597262005
1559634618 (cloth)
9781559634618 (cloth)
1559634626 (paper)
9781559634625 (paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266).
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