Networks for social impact / Michelle Shumate and Katherine R. Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shumate, Michelle, author.

Cooper, Katherine R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business networks--Management.

Business networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Networks for Social Impact is a broad review of how nonprofits, businesses, and governments work together to tackle social problems. The book argues that network design and management is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, the type of social issue, the mechanism for social impact, environment, and resources available each determine appropriate choices.

Contents:

cover

Networks for Social Impact

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acronyms

1. What Are Networks for Social Impact?

Social impact

Networks

Research methods

The dimensions of networks for social impact

Configurational and process approaches to social impact

Axioms of this book

Axiom 1: Outcomes are interdependent

Axiom 2: Networks for social impact are sensitive to their environment

Axiom 3: Network dilemmas are never solved, just managed within constraints

Axiom 4: Not all networks organized for social impact achieve that impact

Axiom 5: There is more than one path to achieving social impact

The plan of the book

Case study: Summit Education Initiative

Tools for network instigators

2. Is Social Impact the Goal?

Defining social impact and network outcomes

The character of social impact

Outcomes other than social impact

What kind of problem is the network trying to solve?

Dead ends to social impact

Pathways to social impact

Conclusion

Case study: The Wisconsin Association for Independent Colleges and Universities

Root cause analysis

3. Setting Up the Network

Network instigators

Recruiting network participants

Managing network membership

Decision-​making processes

Setting the goal or goals of the network

Defining structures and roles

Developing external legitimacy

Getting funding

Network reincarnations

Dead ends in network emergence

Network dilemmas in emergence

Pathways to social impact from network emergence

Case study: Education for All

4. The Influence of Funders and Resources

The resources that bring social impact networks together

What resources are needed to achieve social impact?.

Dead ends to social impact

Dilemmas in managing network resources

Network pathways to social impact

Case study: Two networks combat gender-​based violence

Fiscal sponsorship

Community asset inventory

5. Power and Conflict

Power in networks

Interfaces for conflict

Dead ends for addressing conflict

Dilemmas in managing network conflict

Pathways to social impact amid conflict

Case study: NF Collective

Stakeholder participation tool

The VOICE heuristic

6. Using Data to Support Networks' Theory of Change

Data use for project-​based social impact

Data use for learning-​based social impact

Data use for policy-​based social impact

Data use for catalyst-​based social impact

Data use for systems alignment-​based social impact

Data use for network management

Data use for community empowerment

Dead ends for data use to support theories of change

Network dilemmas for data use to support theories of change

Pathways for data use to support theories of change

Case study: Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative

The data use in networks tool 183 Pivot Tables

7. Remaining Agile and Adaptable

Incremental change and serendipitous networks

Radical change and serendipitous networks

Incremental change and goal-​directed networks

Radical change and goal-​directed networks

Network death and reincarnation

Dead ends for managing network change

Dilemmas in managing network change

Pathways for managing network change

Case study: Westside Infant-​Family Network

Strategic planning for networks

Action learning teams

Enhancing absorptive capacity

8. Frontiers for Networks for Social Impact

The axioms of social impact networks.

Implications for researchers, network instigators, and funders

References

Index

01_9780190091996_Index.pdf.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-009203-3

0-19-009202-5

OCLC:

1245958728