The collaboration challenge : how nonprofits and businesses succeed through strategic alliances / James E. Austin; foreword by Frances Hesselbein and John C. Whitehead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, James E.

Contributor:

Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management.

Series:

J-B Leader to Leader Institute/PF Drucker Foundation

J-B Leader to Leader Institute/PF Drucker Foundation ; v.109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic alliances (Business).

Strategic planning.

Industrial management.

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<b>Presented by The Drucker Foundation</b> ""Austin has uncovered the common elements and key strategies that make for effective collaborations.... In <i>The Collaboration Challenge</i>, he illuminates these key lessons for all leaders, and makes it possible for each of us to meet the collaboration challenge.""<br /> -<b>Frances Hesselbein</b>, chairman of the board of governors, The Drucker Foundation, and John C. Whitehead, founder, The John C. Whitehead Fund for Not-for-Profit Management, Harvard Business School ""Austin has performed a valuable service for nonprofit organizations and

Contents:

The Collaboration Challenge; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Strategic Benefits of Alliances; 2. Understanding Strategic Collaboration; 3. Making the Connection; 4. Ensuring Strategic Fit; 5. Generating Value; 6. Managing the Relationship; 7. Collaboration Drivers and Enablers: Jumpstart and American Eagle Outfitters; 8. Guidelines for Collaborating Successfully; Notes; The Author; Index

Notes:

"A Drucker Foundation leaderbook".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612774362

9781282774360

1282774360

9780470932544

0470932546

OCLC:

699474294