Getting Results Through Collaboration

MYRNA P. MANDELL is Professor of Management at California State University, Northridge. She is recognized as a researcher and consultant in the field of interorganizational networks, network structures, and collaborative efforts in a variety of areas. Most recently, she worked with local communities in Australia and with the Ministry for Social Policy in New Zealand on the management of network structures.

• PrefaceOverview by Myrna P. MandellModels and Typologies for Understanding the Nature and Management of NetworksAfter the Network is Formed: Process, Power and Performance by Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuireFrom Subnet to Supranet: A Proposal for a Comparative Network Framework to Examine Network Interactions Across Borders by Matthew MingusAssessing and Modeling Determinants of Capacity for Action in Networked Public Programs by Glenn W. Rainey Jr. and Terry BussonMultiorganizational, Multisector, and Multicommunity Organizations: Setting the Research Agenda by Beverly A. CiglerBehavioral Implications of NetworksEnvironmental Networks: Relying on Process or Outcome for Motivation by Lisa S. NelsonBringing About Change in a Public School System: An Interorganizational Network Approach by Rupert ChisholmLessons from the Field: Extending Analytical Findings--Experiences from the United StatesThe Impact of Network Structures on Community Building Efforts: The Los Angeles Roundtable for Children Community Studies by Myrna P. MandellCreating Networks for Inter-Organizational Settings: A Two Year Follow-up Study on Determinants by Renu Khator and Nicole Ayers BrunsonExperiences from the International ArenaCross-Sectoral Policy Networks: Lessons from Developing and Transitioning Countries by . Derick W. Brinkerhoff and Jennifer M. BrinkerhoffWill the People Really Speak? A Networking Perspective on Hong Kong as It Attempts to Build a Democratic Political Infrastructure by Robert W. GageThe New South Wales Demonstration Projects in Integrated Community Care by Michael FineLessons from the Field: Views of Practitioners--Views From the U.S.Neighborhood Networks in Worcester: Partnerships that Work by Richard Ford, Laurie Ross and Mardia ColemanReaching Consensus on the Tampa Bay Estuary Program Interlocal Agreement: A Perspective by Richard EckenrodThoughts on Motivational Problems in Networks by Nina BurkardtViews from the International ArenaEmpowering Communities Through the Use of Place Management by Illana HallidayGetting Things Done Through Networks by Shayne Walker and Catherine GoodyearISKM (Intergrated Systems for Knowledge Management): A Participatory Framework to Help Communities Identify and Adopt More Sustainable Resource Management Practices by Will Allen, Ockie Bosch, and Margaret KilvingtonIndex