Why Managers Don't Collaborate: Revealing the Myths and Truths

This book is an innovative and controversial approach to dispel the baseless myths that are preventing managers of organizations from moving forward and reaping the benefits of collaboration.Compared to most publications on the market, this book is packed with the rich results of 20 years of research.It is based on over 200 studies in a wide variety of public, private, and international settings and over 4000 quotations gathered from interviews with managers.Many have been selected to illustrate the case studies and key points in the book.Collaboration has been presented as a serious business strategy for at least 50 years.Scads of books, papers, and conferences by consultants, academics, institutes, associations, and governments have trumpeted its benefits, and many online discussion channels are extolling the same messages.This book faces off against all this gung-ho hype that has patently failed in most alliance cases to achieve the full extent of the potential return,s such as impr