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Discovering Collaborative Advantage: The Contributions of Goal Categories and Visual Strategy Mapping
Author(s) -
Bryson John M.,
Ackermann Fran,
Eden Colin
Publication year - 2016
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/puar.12608
Subject(s) - sort , computer science , set (abstract data type) , process (computing) , core (optical fiber) , meaning (existential) , competitive advantage , knowledge management , psychology , business , information retrieval , marketing , telecommunications , programming language , operating system , psychotherapist
Collaboration can make sense when there is some sort of “collaborative advantage” to be gained, meaning organizations can achieve something together that they cannot easily achieve by themselves. However, the literature is essentially silent on how to identify collaborative advantage. This article addresses this shortcoming in the theory of collaborative advantage for public purposes by proposing a set of goal categories that may be used to help articulate collaborative advantage and introducing the use of visual strategy mapping as part of a facilitated group process to figure out what the collaborative advantage might be. Collaborative advantage, as it is normally understood, consists of shared core goals. Collaborative advantage for public purposes should take into account public values beyond shared core goals .