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10 Principles That Support a Collaborative Culture

June 29, 2004

1. "Focus collaboration on achieving business results.
2. Align organizational support systems to promote ownership.
3. Articulate and enforce 'a few strict rules.'
4. Exploit the rhythm of convergence and divergence.
5. Manage complex tradeoffs on a timely basis.
6. Create higher standards for discussions, dialogue, and information sharing.
7. Foster personal accountability.
8. Align authority, information, and decision making.
9. Treat collaboration as a disciplined process.
10. Design and promote flexible organizations (Beyerlin, Freedman, McGee & Moran, 2003, p.34)."

Reference:  Beyerlein, M.M., Freedman, S., McGee, C., & Moran, L. (2003).  Beyond teams: building the collaborative organization.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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Created: 2008-04-02, Updated: 2009-10-29