Collaboration by morten hansen illustrates, based on valid research, the benefits of collaboration, and the requirements for organisations to succeed. Collaboration in collaboration, author morten hansen takes aim at what many leaders inherently know. Hansen has written a well documented, comprehensive book on a concept that despite seeming obvious, is often misunderstood. Great at work tries to give a simple answer to a complicated question via an extensive, wideranging study. Collaboration goodreads meet your next favorite book. How leaders avoid the traps, build common ground, and reap big results book.
How leaders avoid the traps, build common ground, and reap big results kindle edition by hansen, morten. Hansen s research focuses on social networks, collaboration, knowledge management, and corporate innovation and has been published in leading academic journals, including administrative science quarterly, management science, strategic management journal, and academy of management journal. I hope my book will continue to be the reference on the topic of collaboration for managers for years to come the goto book on collaboration. How top performers do less, work smarter, and achieve more, is based on an exhaustive study of 5,000 managers and employees. The book is the culmination of a groundbreaking five year research study that seeked to determine how to produce great work. Hbrs 10 must reads on collaboration with featured article social intelligence and the biology of leadership, by daniel goleman and richard boyatzis 9781422190128. Hbrs 10 must reads on collaboration with featured article social intelligence and the biology of leadership, by daniel goleman and richard boyatzis hbrs 10 must reads. Watching his employees use a new social technology, marc benioff, the ceo of, had an epiphany. Collaboration by morten hansen illustrates, based on valid research, the benefits of collaboration, and the requirements for organisations to. Based on a massive new study of more than 5,000 people, morten hansen. I hope my book will continue to be the reference on the topic of collaboration for managers for years to come the gotobook on collaboration. Morten hansen s most recent book is great by choice, coauthored with jim collins.
Collaboration is one of the first books that was suggested to me via the book suggestion form from a reader of this blog. Collaboration how leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results morten t. What i didnt realize when they recommended it was that the author, morten hansen, had a specific definition of collaboration in mind, and it didnt necessarily match my point of view. Morten hansen also executed research about what causes motivations that lead to the higher working performance of people. Morten hansen reveals the answers in his seven work smarter practices that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance. In this book, hansen shows managers how to get collaboration right through. Hansen was professor at harvard business school and at insead, france, where he retains a parttime role. A number of years ago, i asked morten hansen why he chose the topic of collaboration as a research focus. Uncertainty, chaos and luck why some thrive despite them all by jim collins. Morten hansen biography, quotes, publications and books. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Morten hansens most recent book is great by choice, coauthored with jim collins.
These are some of the questions tackled by morten hansen in his new book collaboration. The book is the culmination of a groundbreaking five year research study that seeked to determine. Review, harvard business, goleman, daniel, boyatzis, richard e. Formerly a professor at harvard business school and insead france, professor hansen holds a phd from stanford business school, where he was a fulbright. How leaders avoid the traps, build common ground, and reap big results. Jun 29, 2009 as much as we think that collaboration makes good business sense, there are times where it can go horribly wrong, so says morten hansen, a professor of entrepreneurship at insead. How leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results, has been recognized as one of the best itbusiness books of 2009 by cio insight magazine. The secrets to great performance morten hansen is not only a coauthor of great by choice but also sort of a protege of jim collins. Morten hansen in complex organizational activities, effective collaboration is often a necessary requirement for success. You can visit mortens webpage for more information on this and his other book collaboration. Along the way, he has taken an engineering approach to collaboration, despite his bschool cred that would suggest otherwise. How leaders avoid the traps, build common ground, and reap big results ebook written by morten hansen. Asem world headquarters collaboration by morten hansen.
Review the key ideas in the book collaboration by morten t. How leaders avoid the traps, build common ground, and reap big results by hansen, morten isbn. How to avoid collaboration traps, create unity and get. How top performers do less, work better, and achieve more by morten hansen is a mustbuy and a mustread and a mustapply. In collaboration, author morten hansen takes aim at what many leaders inherently. Hansen is a management professor at university of california, berkeley. Morten hansen has 61 books on goodreads with 678 ratings. Aug 16, 2011 morten hansen s book collaboration, good basic stuff on what to do and what to avoid.
In this book, hansen shows managers how to get collaboration right through disciplined collaboration a practical framework and set of tools managers can. In collaboration, author morten hansen takes aim at what many leaders. I think it owes, in some part, to ingrained norms, in particular our enduring workplace traditions. Five questions with great at work author morten hansen. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. His company had developed chatter, a facebook inspired application for companies that allows users to keep track of their colleagues and customers and share information and ideas. Hansen is a norwegianamerican professor, management theorist, motivational speaker and author. Morten hansen has long been recognized as one of the world foremost experts on this topic, starting with his awardwinning doctoral dissertation at stanford business school and his pathbreaking book collaboration that has been used by many executives and leaders in business, government and nonprofits to reap results from better. How top performers do less, work better, and achieve more. Morten hansen has been studying collaboration ever since he conducted his doctoral research at hp in the mid1990s. He received his master of public administration from the middlebury institute of international studies at monterey. I must admit this book which was published in 2009 had not made it on my radar.
What i didnt realize when they recommended it was that the author, morten hansen, had a specific definition of collaboration in mind, and it didnt necessarily match my point of. In fact, most crossunit collaborative efforts end up wasting time, money, and resources. So when some colleagues said that i had to read collaboration, i didnt hesitate to pick up the book. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. This book represents the culmination of fifteen years of some of the best research on the topic of effective collaboration. Morten hansen is a management professor at the university of california. On january 31, 2018, i school professor and author morten hansen released a new book. Hansens book is a good and practical read an excellent example of. Hansen is a management professor at the university of california, berkeley, school of information, and at insead.
Five questions with great at work author morten hansen forbes. How prezi does project status updates with a distributed workplace. Hansens awardwinning research on leadership, collaboration, innovation, and corporate greatness has been published in several leading academic journals. Hansen obtained his ba in political science from the university of oslo in norway. I think collaboration is a perennial issue, just like execution, leadership, and change. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read collaboration. In fact, many companies fall into a number of collaboration traps. Apr 22, 2014 so when some colleagues said that i had to read collaboration, i didnt hesitate to pick up the book. Read collaboration how leaders avoid the traps, build common ground, and reap big results by morten hansen available from rakuten kobo. You can visit morten s webpage for more information on this and his other book collaboration.
The employees had been trying it out internally, not just within. If you want to get better at work, whether by improving your own performance or improving the way you work with others, great at work. Morten hansen collaboration page 2 1 evaluate your opportunities for companywide. Can you briefly outline for our readers what you intend to achieve. To find out where you want to begin to improve yourself, take the quiz, spot the one key practice. Collaboration morten t hansen bok 9781422115152 bokus. Because if people knew how to collaborate well, the world would simply work better, he replied. In fact, most crossunit collaborative efforts end up wasting time, money, and.
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