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Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box
Author(s) -
Thomson Ann Marie,
Perry James L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00663.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , black box , construct (python library) , corporate governance , public relations , order (exchange) , business , sociology , political science , knowledge management , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , finance , programming language
Social science research contains a wealth of knowledge for people seeking to understand collaboration processes. The authors argue that public managers should look inside the “black box” of collaboration processes. Inside, they will find a complex construct of five variable dimensions: governance, administration, organizational autonomy, mutuality, and norms. Public managers must know these five dimensions and manage them intentionally in order to collaborate effectively.