This handbook provides the latest thinking, methodologies and cases in the rapidly growing area of collaborative management research. What makes collaborative management research different is its emphasis on creating a close partnership between scholars and practitioners in the search for knowledge concerning organizations and complex systems.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Dedications and Acknowledgments
• PART I: FRAMING THE ISSUES
• Introduction
• 1. The Promise of Collaborative Management Research - William A. Pasmore, Bengt Stymne, A. B. (Rami) Shani, Susan Albers Mohrman, and Niclas Adler
• 2. From Actionable Knowledge to Universal Theory in Management Research - Albert David and Armand Hatchuel
• 3. Following the Second Legacy of Aristotle: The Scholar-Practitioner as an Epistemic Technician - Ramkrishnan (Ram) V. Tenkasi and George W. Hay
• 4. Insider/Outsider Team Research: The Development of the Approach and Its Meanings - Jean M. Bartunek
• 5. Collaboration and the Production of Management Knowledge in Research, Consulting, and Management Practice - Andreas Werr and Larry Greiner
• PART II: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES
• Introduction
• 6. Toward Interdependent Organizing and Researching - John McGuire, Charles J. Palus, and Bill Torbert
• 7. Collaborating for Management Research: From Action Research to Intervention Research in Management - Armand Hatchuel and Albert David
• 8. Learning Mechanisms as Means and Ends in Collaborative Management Research - Peter Docherty and A. B. (Rami) Shani
• 9. The Research Circle Approach: A Democratic Form for Collaborative Research in Organizations - Lars Holmstrand, Gunilla Hrnsten, and Jan Lwstedt
• 10. Academic-Practitioner Learning Forums: A New Model for Interorganizational Research - Philip H. Mirvis
• PART III: EXEMPLARS: CASES AND PROJECTS
• IIIA. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN A SINGLE SYSTEM
• Introduction
• 11. Coaching for Sustainable Change - Richard E. Boyatzis, Anita Howard, Brigette Rapisarda, and Scott Taylor
• 12. Dynamic Strategic Alignment: An Integrated Method - Ernesto Olascoaga and Ed Kur
• 13. From Collaborative Design to Collaborative Research: A Sociotechnical Journey - Harvey Kolodny and Norman Halpern
• IIIB. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN COMPLEX NETWORKS
• 14. Collaborative Participatory Research in Gender Mainstreaming in Social Change Organizations - Rajesh Tandon and Martha Farrell
• 15. Collaboration in the Innovative Region - Mary Lindenstein Walshok and Bengt Stymne
• 16. Collaborative Research and the Trade Unions: The Challenge of Entering Social Partnership - Tony Huzzard and Denis Gregory
• 17. Connecting Research to Value Creation by Bridging Cultural Differences Between Industry and Academia - George Roth
• IIIC. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
• 18. Monetary Policy and Academics: A Study of Swedish Inflation Targeting - Mikael Apel, Lars Heikensten, and Per Jansson
• 19. Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: A Case Study Analysis of Business School Collaboration With Industry - David Knights, Catrina Alferoff, Ken Starkey, and Nick Tiratsoo
• 20. Improving the Management of Ignorance and Uncertainty: A Case Illustrating Integration in Collaboration - Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group
• PART IV: THE MULTIPLE VOICES IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
• Introduction
• 21. Collaborative Research in and by an Interorganizational Network - David Coghlan and Paul Coughlan
• 22. Building Partnership: Critical Reflections on the Action Research Center (ARC) - The ARC Research Team
• 23. Collaborative Research in Pharmacy Operations: The Kaiser Permanente Experience - Michael W. Stebbins and Judy L. Valenzuela
• 24. The Collaborative Learning Cycle: Advancing Theory and Building Practical Design Frameworks Through Collaboration - Susan Albers Mohrman, Allan M. Mohrman Jr., Susan G. Cohen, and Stu Winby
• 25. The Multiple Voices of Collaboration: A Critical Reflection - Susan Albers Mohrman and A. B. (Rami) Shani
• PART V: ENABLERS, CHALLENGES, AND SKILLS
• Introduction
• 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 Beer
• 27. Toward a More Rigorous, Reflective, and Relevant Science of Collaborative Management Research - William A. Pasmore, Richard W. Woodman, and Aneika L. Simmons
• 28. Quality and Actionability: What Action Researchers Offer From the Tradition of Pragmatism - Hilary Bradbury
• 29. Collaborative Management Research Through Communities of Inquiry: Challenges and Skills - David Coghlan and A. B. (Rami) Shani
• 30. Toward Building a Collaborative Research Community - Susan Albers Mohrman, William A. Pasmore, A. B. (Rami) Shani, Bengt Stymne, and Niclas Adler
• About the Authors