Uniting diverse organizations : managing goal-oriented advocacy networks / Angel Saz-Carranza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saz-Carranza, Angel, 1976- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 48.

Routledge studies in business organizations and networks ; 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business networks--Management.

Business networks.

Interorganizational relations.

Nonprofit organizations.

Strategic alliances (Business).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Networks are made up of organizations. Often a central unit, or ""Network Administrative Organization"" (NAO), manages an entire network of organizations that collaborate to achieve an overall network-level goal. Goal-directed networks are those that come together to achieve a shared objective, in addition to the individual organization-specific goals. This book's focus is on the management of goal-directed networks. Despite the fact that formalized goal-directed interorganizational networks have become extremely popular in the public and nonprofit sectors, as many social prob

Contents:

Front Cover; Uniting Diverse Organizations; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Advocacy Networks in the U.S. Immigration Field; 3 The Core of Goal-Directed Network Management: Uniting in Diversity; 4 Building Network Power and Using It; 5 Sustaining the Unity/Diversity Tension; 6 Managing Interaction and Decision-Making in Diversity; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: Research Design and Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-136) and index.

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

ISBN:

1-283-70849-3

0-203-10779-9

1-136-26331-4

9780203107799

OCLC:

818114458