Uniting Diverse Organizations: Managing Goal-Oriented Advocacy Networks

A. Saz Carranza*

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Abstract

Networks are made up of organizations. Often a central unit, or "Network Administrative Organization" (NAO), manages an entire network of organizations that collaborate to achieve an overall network-level goal. Goal-directed networks are those that come together to achieve a shared objective, in addition to the individual organization-specific goals. This book’s focus is on the management of goal-directed networks. Despite the fact that formalized goal-directed interorganizational networks have become extremely popular in the public and nonprofit sectors, as many social problems require concerted action, publications on managing goal-directed networks do not exist. In this book, author Angel Saz-Carranza examines four networks that differ by size, scope, and geographical location. He offers a novel and innovative framework focusing on networks’ inherent internal tensions between unity and diversity, paralleling the differentiation/integration tension found in organization theory, which has not previously been applied to interorganizational networks.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
Number of pages140
ISBN (Electronic)9781136263316
ISBN (Print)9780415899024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012
Externally publishedYes

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