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Overcoming the Barriers to Effective Collaboration
Author(s) -
Rieley James B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
global business and organizational excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1932-2062
pISSN - 1932-2054
DOI - 10.1002/joe.21542
Subject(s) - competitor analysis , adversarial system , business , perception , knowledge management , public relations , psychology , computer science , marketing , political science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence
Achieving organizational objectives requires more than good intentions. It calls for effective collaboration. This is especially critical when the organization is a result of a business takeover and the new management team comprises senior managers from two organizations that previously had been competitors. When senior team members' perceptions of organizational goals and how best to achieve them conflict, the highly adversarial decision‐making environment that results could prevent the new organization from ever realizing its potential. The only solution in such a situation is to help the team acknowledge and understand the individual and collective mental models driving their decision‐making behavior. ©2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.