Handbook of Collaborative Management Research

A.B. (Rami) Shani, Ph.D., Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Change at California Polytechnic University, USA, a Senior Research Fellow at the FENIX Centre and an Adjunct Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. His most recent work has focused on the theoretical and application of collaborative research in organizations, creating sustainable work systems, creating the learning organization and, action research methodologies in the pursuit of actionable knowledge creation. He is the co-author or book co-editor of Collaborative Research in Organizations: Foundations for Learning (SAGE,2004) , Change and Theoretical Development; Learning by Design (Blackwell, 2003); Creating Sustainable work Systems: Emerging Perspectives and Practice (Routledge, 2003); Behavior in Organizations: An Experiential Approach, 8e (McGraw-Hill-Irwin, 2004); and Parallel Learning Structures: Creating Innovations in Bureaucracies (AW, 1990). Susan Albers Mohrman, Ph.D., is a Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. She researches organization design and effectiveness issues, knowledge and technology management, and useful research methodologies. She is the co-author and/or editor of Doing Research that is Useful for Theory and Practice(Lexington Books, 2000); Large Scale Organizational Change(Jossey-Bass, 1995) ; Self Designing Organizations (AW, 1999); Designing Team-Based Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1995); Strategies for High Performance Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1995); Organizing for High Performance (Jossey-Bass, 2002); and Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization (Stanford University Press, 2003). Professor Pasmore is a full-time visiting professor of practice at Columbia University Teachers College where he teachers in the Department of Organization & Leadership′s doctoral, master′s, and executive master′s degree programs.  He is the author/editor of 25 books, including Research in Organizational Change and Development and Creating Strategic Change.  He is currently the editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (JABS). Prior to Columbia, Professor Pasmore taught at Case Western Reserve University and held senior positions with Delta Consulting and the Center for Creative Leadership.  He received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Purdue University. Bengt Stymne, Ph.D., is a Professor of Organization Theory at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and, Director of Research at the FENIX Center for Research on Knowledge and Business Creation in Sweden. He was a cofounder and managing director of SIAR (Swedish Institute for Administrative Research) and has been managing director of EFI (Economic Research Institute) at the Stockholm School of Economics and of IMIT (Institute for Management Innovation and Technology). He is one of the founders of SSES (Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship). He has published books and articles on organization design and strategy, organizational values, industrial democracy, and information technology and management. Niclas Adler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and, Director of the Fenix Program. He is a former Executive Director of the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship and board member in seven technology-based and venture capital companies. His most recent work has focused on business creation and renewal in established structures, alternative approaches in organizing complex product development and, action research methodologies in the pursuit of actionable knowledge creation. He is the author of numerous journal articles.

• Part I. Framing the IssuesPrefaceChapter 1. The Promise of Collaborative Management Research - William Pasmore, Bengt Stymne, Rami Shani, Susan Mohrman, and Niclas AdlerChapter 2. From Actionable Knowledge to Universal Theory in Management Research - Albert David and Armand HatchuelChapter 3. Following the Second Legacy of Aristotle: The Scholar-Practitioner as an Epistemic Technician - Ram Tenkasi and George HayChapter 4. Insider-Outsider Team Research: The Development of the Approach and Its meanings - Jean BartunekChapter 5. Collaboration and the Production of Management Knowledge in Research, Consulting, and Management Practice - Andreas Werr and Larry GreinerPart II: Collaborative Research Mechanisms and ProcessesChapter 6. Towards Inter-Independent Organizing and Researching - John McGuire, Chuck Palus and Bill TorbertChapter 7. Collaborating for Management Research: From Action Research to Intervention-Research in Management - Armand Hatchuel and Albert DavidChapter 8. Learning Mechanisms as Means and Ends in Collaborative Research - Peter Docherty and Rami ShaniChapter 9. The Research Circle Approach - a Democratic Form for Collaborative Research in Organizations - Lars Holmstrand, Gunilla Härnsten and Jan LöwstedtChapter 10. Academic-Practitioner Learning Forums: A New Model for Inter-Organizational Research - Phil MirvisPart III: Exemplars: Cases and ProjectsIIIa. CR in a Single SystemChapter 11. Coaching for Sustainable Change - Richard Boyatzis, Anita Howard, Brigette Rapisarda and Scott TaylorChapter 12. Dynamic Strategic Alignment: An Integrated Method - Ernesto Olascoaga and Ed KurChapter 13. From Collaborative Design to Collaborative Research: A Socio-technical Journey - Harvey Kolodny and Norm HalpernIIIb. CR in Complex NetworksChapter 14. Collaborative Participatory Research in Gender Mainstreaming in Social Change Organizations - Rajesh Tandon and Martha FarrellChapter 15. Collaboration in the Innovative Region - Bengt Stymne and Mary WalshokChapter 16. Collaborative Research and the Trade Unions: The Challenge of Entering Social Partnership - Tony Huzzard and Denis GregoryChapter 17. Connecting Research to Value Creation by Bridging Cultural Differences Between Industry and Academia - George RothIIIc. Government and SocietyChapter 18. Monetary Policy and Academics: A Study of Swedish Inflation-Targeting - Mikael Apel, Lars Heikensten and Per JanssonChapter 19. Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: A Case Study Analysis of Business School Collaboration with Industy - David Knights, Ken Starkey, Catrina Alteroff and Nick TiratsooChapter 20. Improving the Management of Igorance and Uncertiainty: A Case Illustrating Intergration in Collaboration - Gabriele BammerPart IV: The Multiple Voices of Collaborative ResearchChapter 21. Collaborative Research in and by an Inter-Organizational Network - David Coghlan and Paul CoughlanChapter 22. Building Partnership:Critical Reflections on the Action Research Center (ARC) - Victor Friedman, Michal Shamir, Orit Shamir, Israel Sykes, Ibrahim Abu Elhaija, Helena De-Sevilla and Michal PalgiChapter 23. Collaborative Research in Pharmacy Operations: The Kaiser Permanente Experience - Mike Stebbins and Judy ValenzuelaChapter 24. The Collaborative Learning Cycle: Advancing Theory and Building Practical Design Frameworks Through Collaboration - Susan Mohrman, Allan M. Mohrman, Susan Cohen and Stu WinbyChapter 25. The Multiple Voices of Collaboration: A Critical Reflection - Susan Mohrman and A.B. (Rami) ShaniPart V: Enablers, Challenges, and SkillsChapter 26. Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals - Niclas Adler and Michael BeerChapter 27. Toward a More Rigorous, Reflective and Relevant Science of Collaborative Management Research - William Pasmore, Richard Woodman and Aneika SimmonsChapter 28. Quality and "Actionability′: What Action researches Offer From the Tradition of Pragmatism - Hilary BradburyChapter 29. Collaborative Management Research Through Communities of Inquiry: Challenges and Skills - David Coghlan and A.B. (Rami) ShaniChapter 30. Toward Building a Collaborative Research Community - Susan Mohrman, William Pasmore, A.B.(Rami) Shani, Bengt Stymne, and Niclas Adler and Bengt StymneNotes on Editors and Contributors