Collaboration

Partnership lessons from the Global Programme for Health Promotion Effectiveness: a case study

by Hope Corbin

Producing Synergy in Collaborations: A Successful Hospital Innovation

by Hope Corbin

Co-authored with Lise Corwin and Maurice Mittelmark

Patient malnutrition in hospitals is common and impedes recovery. Part of the problem is that hospitals are organised... more Patient malnutrition in hospitals is common and impedes recovery. Part of the problem is that hospitals are organised around diagnosis and treatment, not for good nutrition. This paper describes a Norwegian hospital’s nutrition innovation that enhanced collaboration across and within the hospital hierarchy. The Bergen Model of Collaborative Functioning was the analysis framework for the study reported here. Success factors included having a clear mission, a sound implementation plan, leader commitment, trust and coordination, committed partners, clear structure, rules and roles, face-to-face communication, celebrating accomplishments underway, and utilising the surrounding context to give the innovation visibility and publicity.

Keywords: Collaboration, partnership, collaborative functioning, innovation, hospital, hierarchy, health promotion, malnutrition, health services.

Towards an Architecture for Virtual Enterprises

by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

L. M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, C. Garita, C. Lima
Proc. 2nd World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Processes and Systems, Springer, Budapest, Hungary, June 1997, pp. 531-541.

An approach to the design of an architecture for industrial virtual enterprises (VE), with special emphasis on the... more An approach to the design of an architecture for industrial virtual enterprises (VE), with special emphasis on the identification of main functional requirements, is presented. First, a discussion of the various types of virtual enterprises is provided. Some classification scenarios and discussions of the modeling and reengineering tools and methodologies are described. Due to the importance of the information flows and management in the VE, one chapter is merely devoted to the analysis of the appropriateness of a federated information management approach. This work is based on and represents the on going activities in two European Union funded projects; the Esprit Prodnet II and the INCO-DC SCM+ projects.

A Roadmap For Strategic Research On Virtual Organizations

by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

In Processes and foundations for virtual organizations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 1-4020-7638-X, Oct 2003

A roadmap to the necessary integrated research and technological development towards a new generation of virtual... more A roadmap to the necessary integrated research and technological development towards a new generation of virtual organizations is presented. In special the roadmapping methodology developed in the VOmap project is described and exemplified.

Writing Courses Live and Die by the Quality of Peer Review

by Jason Wirtz

Chapter in Kathleen Hunzer's "Collaborative Learning and Writing"

The Influence of Relational Experience and Contractual Governance on the Negotiation Strategy in Buyer-Supplier Disputes

by Fabrice Lumineau

Lumineau F. & Henderson J. 2012. “The Influence of Relational Experience and Contractual Governance on the Negotiation Strategy in Buyer-Supplier Disputes.” Journal of Operations Management, 30(5): 382-395.

This paper theoretically refines and empirically extends the debate on the type of interplay between relational... more This paper theoretically refines and empirically extends the debate on the type of interplay between relational experience and contractual governance in an under-researched area: supply chain disputes. We define relational experience as either cooperative or competitive; distinguish between control and coordination functions of contractual governance; and assess their interplay on the negotiation strategy used in disputes. Using a unique data set of buyer-supplier disputes, we find, in particular, that increasing contractual control governance weakens the positive effect of cooperative relational experience on cooperative negotiation strategy. However, increasing contractual control governance for a buyer-supplier dyad with competitive relational experience will increase cooperative negotiation strategy. Contractual coordination governance reinforces the positive effect of cooperative relational experience. Through this study, we reach a better understanding of how and when contractual and relational governance dimensions interact; rather than whether they act as substitutes or complements as has been studied in prior research. We discuss the implications of these findings for the field of supply chain management.

A collaborative demand forecasting process with event-based fuzzy judgments

by Cheikhrouhou Naoufel

Social networks, microblogging, virtual worlds, and Web 2.0 in the teaching of programing techniques for software engineering: a trial combining collaboration and social interaction beyond college

by Gonçalo Cruz Matos

Paper presented at IEEE EDUCON - Engineering Education 2012, Marrakesh, Morroco.

With the goal of lessening barriers to the learning of
advanced programming techniques, we put into place a... more With the goal of lessening barriers to the learning of
advanced programming techniques, we put into place a trial which required students to get involved with online communities of programmers. Using a course assignment on software architecture styles, students had study a problem, find basis for a tentative approach, and discuss it online with programmers. The expectation was that students would find motivation for their studies from both the contact with communities of programmers, and from having to study and reflect upon their problem well enough to be able to draw the interest of members of those communities. We present the strategy we used, the developments and outcomes, and ideas for further application of this approach.

Relationships between Health Care Organisations: A critical overview of the literature & a research agenda

by Gerry McGivern

Ferlie, E. & McGivern, G. (2003) ‘Relationships between Health Care Organisations: A critical overview of the literature & a research agenda.’ Report for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery & Organisation by the CPSO, Imperial College London.

The Task Sharing Framework: A generic approach to scaffolding collaboration and meta-collaboration in educational software

by Darren Pearce

Barriers to Appropriate Technology Growth in Sustainable Development

by Joshua Pearce

I. Zelenika  and J.M. Pearce, “Barriers to Appropriate Technology Growth in Sustainable Development”, Journal of Sustainable Development 4(6), 12-22 (2011).

Given the urgency of development problems world-wide, as well as the opportunities of open source appropriate... more Given the urgency of development problems world-wide, as well as the opportunities of open source appropriate technology (OSAT) to help expedite sustainable development goals, a better understanding of the barriers limiting the scaling of OSAT is needed. In this study, key organizations and researchers working in the field of appropriate technology (AT) were interviewed to identify barriers to OSAT. The data was analyzed via pattern coding and content analysis. Results reveal that among the most pressing problems for those working in the field of AT were the need for better communication and collaboration between the agencies and communities to share the knowledge and resources, and to work in partnership. Specific barriers include: i) AT seen as inferior or “poor person's” technology, ii) technical transferability and robustness of AT, iii) insufficient funding, iv) weak institutional support, and v) the challenges of distance and time in tackling rural poverty. Finally, future work is outlined to better understand and overcome these barriers.

Theatres of immanence: coming soon flyer

by Laura Cull

"The Khatyn Massacre in Belorussia: A Historical Controversy Revisited," Holocaust and Genocide Studies 26:1 (2012): 29-58

by Per Anders Rudling

Open Solar Photovoltaic Systems Optimization

by Joshua Pearce

Joshua M. Pearce, Adegboyega Babasola, Rob Andrews, “Open Solar Photovoltaic Systems Optimization” Proceedings of the 16th Annual National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference, Open 2012, pp. 1-7.

A partnership has formed between eighteen organizations to produce the Open Solar Outdoors Test Field (OSOTF), which... more A partnership has formed between eighteen organizations to produce the Open Solar Outdoors Test Field (OSOTF), which has been designed to provide critical data and research on solar photovoltaic (PV) systems optimization in the public domain. Unlike many other projects, the OSOTF is organized under open source principles. All data and analysis when completed will be made freely available to the entire photovoltaic community and the general public. This paper documents how the teamwork between educational institutions and industry has resulted in one of the largest systems in the world for this detailed level of analysis of PV systems performance in real-world conditions. The challenges to this approach will be addressed and appropriate models for garnering industrial team work will be discussed. Conclusions will be drawn on how to scale other opportunities for the sharing of data to assist in improved optimization of socially-beneficial appropriate technologies.

Leveraging Information Technology, Social Entrepreneurship and Global Collaboration for Just Sustainable Development

by Joshua Pearce

Joshua M. Pearce, Lonny Grafman, Thomas Colledge, and Ryan Legg, "Leveraging Information Technology, Social Entrepreneurship and Global Collaboration for Just Sustainable Development" Proceedings of the 12th Annual National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference, pp. 201- 210, 2008.

Currently, those working for a sustainable development in a vast array of contexts all over the world are often... more Currently, those working for a sustainable development in a vast array of contexts all over the world are often duplicating efforts. In an era where a rapid transition towards sustainability is needed, such wasted effort is no longer tolerable. This paper will discuss current work to overcome this challenge by creating an Open Sustainability Network (OSN) that links relevant individuals, programs, courses, projects, and organizations aimed at just sustainable development. The paper will build an understanding of, and collaboration between, relevant online tools. The paper concludes that the OSN can: 1) develop partnerships with sites with online tools to alleviate some of the technological overhead; 2) help inform entrepreneurs and expanding businesses about the challenges and opportunities presented in social entrepreneurship; and 3) benefit service learning implementation by acting as a repository for appropriate technologies, systems, and policies, while also acting as a clearinghouse for international and local collaborations.

Examining Social Barriers to Open Source Appropriate Technology and Innovation through Collaboration with Information and Communication Technology

by Joshua Pearce

Ivana Zelenika-Zovko and Joshua M. Pearce, “Examining Social Barriers to Open Source Appropriate Technology and Innovation through Collaboration with Information and Communication Technology”, 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference pp.507-508, 2011.

Towards a beneficial World Heritage: Community involvement in the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

by Dominic Walker

2011. Museum International 63 (1-2): 25-33.

A New Order of Things: Management Novelty and Cooperation in E-Government Projects

by Maria Christina Binz-Scharf

Co-authored with David Lazer

In this paper, we explore the challenges of managing e-government projects. In particular, we highlight two... more In this paper, we explore the challenges of managing e-government projects. In particular, we highlight two extraordinary managerial challenges that e-government poses: novelty and cross-agency cooperation. E-government is novel because it offers some fundamentally new possibilities for how government does business. The management of e-government is, in significant part, the management of ideas, creativity, and knowledge. E-government requires cross-agency cooperation because of functional needs for scale, consistency, and integration. We examine how four governments that have adopted a project-based approach to the introduction of e-government have coped with the challenges of novelty and cross-agency collaboration. Our findings indicate that e-government projects experience different activities and coordination mechanisms according to the stage of completion of the project and the complexity of the task at hand. We discuss the implications of our findings for the management of e-government projects.

Bell, J.A. 2012. "Museums as Relational Entities: The Politics and Poetics of Heritage." Reviews in Anthropology 41(1) 70-92

by Joshua A. Bell

Over the last 40 years museums have become important sites to understand the politics and poetics of heritage... more Over the last 40 years museums have become important sites to understand the politics and poetics of heritage management, display, and knowledge production. The books under consider- ation here all help demonstrate how museums as relational entities—containing dynamic relations between persons and things, as well as generating them—are emergent processes. Each work helps demonstrate why museums in their many guises remain critical terrains for the negotiation of identity, history, and culture in the push for more collaborative accounts of our world and the circulation and display of things.

Discussion and Review of:

Bodinger de Uriarte, John. 2007. Casino and Museum: Representing Mashantucket Pequot Identity. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press.

Carpenter, Edmund. 2005. Two Essays: Chief & Greed. North Andover: Persimmon Press.

Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Chip, Stephen E. Nash, and Steven R. Holen. 2010. Crossroads of Culture: Anthropology Collections at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Boulder: University of Colorado.

Price, Sally. 2007. Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac’s Museum on the Quai Branly. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Silverman, Helaine, ed. 2006. Archaeological Site Museums in Latin America. Gainsville: University Press of Florida.

The Affordances of Media Spaces for Collaboration

by William Gaver

In this paper, I discuss the affordances offered by media spaces for collaboration, contrasting their properties with... more In this paper, I discuss the affordances offered by media spaces for collaboration, contrasting their properties with those of the everyday medium and exploring the implications for perception and interaction. Collaboration is situated in a physical environment which supports or constrains the various forms social interactions might take. An analysis of the affordances of the environment – the properties that offer actions and interactions to those within it – thus complements analyses which emphasize social and cultural factors. Examining the "physics" of media space systems is helpful both in understanding how people use them to collaborate and in suggesting possibilities for design.