Collaborative Environmental Governance Frameworks [electronic resource] : A Practical Guide.

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Wicked Problems; 1.2 Networks; 1.3 Communicating to Collaborating; 1.4 Hybrid Organizations; 1.5 Collaborative Paradox; 1.6 Collaborative Governance; 1.6.1 Collaborative Governance DNA; 1.6.1.1 Governance Actors; 1.6.1.2 Governance Styles and Footprints; 1.7 Sense-Making of Collaborative Governance Frameworks; Section I: Something Special Is Happening; Chapter 2: Entering a Collaborative Era; 2.1 Emergence of Collaborations; 2.2 What Is Collaboration?

2.2.1 Definitions2.2.2 Collaboration as a Continuum of Interaction; 2.2.3 Collaboration as a Process; 2.3 Collaborations as a Social Apparatus; 2.3.1 Collaboration Forms; 2.3.2 Social Capital; 2.3.3 Shared Governance; 2.3.4 As a Wicked Issue Resolution Tool; 2.4 Collaborations as a Living Solution; Chapter 3: Collaborations as Hybrid Organizations; 3.1 Organizational Definition and Theory; 3.1.1 Organizational Knowledge; 3.1.1.1 Intra-""Organization Knowledge; 3.1.1.2 Inter-""Organization Knowledge; 3.1.1.3 Shared Knowledge; 3.2 Organizational Evolution; 3.2.1 Biological Evolutionary Primer

3.2.1.1 Genetic Evolution3.2.1.2 Symbiogenesis; 3.2.1.3 Eusociality; 3.2.1.4 Superorganisms; 3.2.1.5 Biological and Social Evolution Connection; 3.2.2 "Living" Organizations; 3.2.2.1 Organizational Evolution; 3.2.2.2 Organizational Structures; 3.2.2.3 Organizational Change; 3.3 Defining Hybrid Organizations; 3.3.1 Hybridizing Forces; 3.3.1.1 Glocalization; 3.3.1.2 Fragmentation; 3.3.1.3 Porous Boundaries, Fuzzy Borders; 3.3.1.4 Border Spanning; 3.3.2 Evolution of Hybrid Organizations; 3.3.2.1 Network Communication; 3.3.2.2 Coordination; 3.3.2.3 Cooperation; 3.3.2.4 Collaboration

3.4 Describing New Hybrid Organizations3.4.1 The Nature of a Hybrid Organization; 3.4.2 A Multidimensional Model; 3.4.3 Governance Actor and Style Model; 3.4.4 Governance-Focused Method; Chapter 4: Preparing to Collaborate; 4.1 When Not to Collaborate; 4.2 When to Consider Collaborating; 4.3 The Purpose of Collaborating; 4.4 Factors to Consider Before Collaborating; 4.4.1 Collaborative Phases; 4.4.2 Scope and Context; 4.4.3 Purpose; 4.4.4 Member Selection; 4.4.5 Antecedent Conditions; 4.4.6 Motivation; 4.4.7 Accountability; 4.4.8 Communication; 4.4.9 Perceived Legitimacy; 4.4.10 Trust

4.4.11 Information Technology4.4.12 Structure; 4.4.13 Collaborative Clustering; 4.4.14 Governance; 4.5 Governance as a Cornerstone of Collaboration; 4.5.1 Collaborative Frameworks; 4.5.1.1 "Black Box" of Collaboration Processes; 4.5.1.2 Collective Impact Initiatives; 4.5.1.3 Integrated Framework for Collaborative Governance; 4.5.2 Grappling with Collaborative Governance; 4.5.2.1 What is Collaborative Governance?; 4.5.2.2 Managing a Disarticulated State; 4.5.2.3 Sweet Reward?; 4.5.2.4 Identifying the First Steps; 4.5.3 The Collaborative Endgame: Achieving Shared Governance

Section II: The Science of Collaborative Governance

This book takes a practical approach to understanding and describing collaborative governance for resolving environmental problems. It introduces a new collaborative governance assessment model and recognizes that collaborations are a natural result of organizations converging around complex issues. Rather than identifying actors by their type of organization, the actors are identified by the type of role they play. This approach is aligned with how individuals and organizations interact in practice, and their dependance on collaborations to solve emerging environmental problems. The book discusses real cases with governance issues and creates new frameworks for collaborations. Features: Addresses communities at all levels and scales that are gravitating toward collaborations to solve their environmental issues. Prepares and enables individuals to participate in collaborative governance and design collaborative governance frameworks. Introduces the first simplified and standardized model to assess governance using governance actors and styles. Explains governance in simple terms and builds governance frameworks from the individual's perspective; the smallest, viable unit of governance in a collaboration. Describes "tools of convergence" for collaborative leaders to organize and align activities to create shared-governance outcomes and outputs.

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