books about: collaboration     books:       Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action1 review Stephanie Harvey, Harvey Daniels Heinemann, 2009 Relevant and easily transferable I knew both authors from their previous works, so I was confident I would like the book. The book is written in a conversational manner, but includes research to back up the information they present. Having taught using the Primary Years Programme, which emphasizes the inquiry approach they advocate I was a bit surprised that they did not reference this framework, but maybe they are not aware of ...             Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs15 reviews Ellen Gottesdiener Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002 Lots of useful Information for experienced requirements engineers I'm a software developer and have a lot of experience writing Vision- and "Use Cases"-documents. Writing these documents is not a big deal, however to make the customers read "Use Case"-documents and provide feedback is much more difficult. But without feedback it is not possible for a developer to write correct requirement documents. I ordered this book because I liked the word ...             Collaboration, Consultation and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs (6th Edition)1 review Peggy Dettmer, Linda P. Thurston, ... Allyn & Bacon, 2008 Graduate Book Needed this book for Consultation and Collaboration course. It's a good book. Price online is much better than the campus store!             Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything109 reviews Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 This is about much more than Wiki-anything Excellent investigation of the evolution of business from centralized and top-down towards distributed and bottom-up. I think the title under-sells it; this is about much more than Wiki-anything, but about the power of concentrating on your strengths, and being confident enough to allow others to do the same, to common benefit. A must read for independent and intra-corporate entrepreneurs.             Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature58 reviews Andy Goldsworthy Harry N. Abrams, 1990 The gift we keep on giving We received A Collaboration with Nature as a wedding present and have savored it now for 16 years. Used it as inspiration for a project as an art docent in the schools and have given it over and over to accolades to friends who are "earth-linked" as well. Art, humor, appreciation, and over-the-top sensitivity ... this is a book to be truly cherished.             Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results7 reviews Morten T. Hansen Harvard Business School Press, 2009 The Best Book on Collaboration Hansen has not only written the best book ever on this important subject, it is one of the best management books I have ever read on anything. In a world of breathless hype and books based on ideology and crummy evidence, which offer little actual help for managers, Hansen's engaging book is evidence-based and provides a mindset and moves that can help managers do their jobs better.             Using Wikis for Online Collaboration: The Power of the Read-Write Web (Online Teaching and Learning Series ... James A. West, Margaret L. West Jossey-Bass, 2008 How can online instructors and course designers' instruction harness the popular Web 2.0 tool, the wiki, for successful collaboration and learning outcomes? This book focuses on using wikis in the active learning processes that are the hallmark of collaborative learning and constructivism. It provides both the pedagogical background and practical guidelines, tools, and processes for accomplishing these goals with special emphasis on wikis and ...             Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration13 reviews Keith Sawyer Basic Books, 2008 Myth Busting... `Group Genius' is a myth busting work articulating the results of many studies into how the creative process works. It demonstrates the difference between how we perceive it working and how it actually works. In short: While we perceive that we have sudden moments of insight, the `eureka!' moment, in reality these moments are really achieved through lots of tiny steps usually strongly ...             The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances4 reviews James E. Austin Jossey-Bass, 2000 Well written and practical. This is timely management book should be read by all those interested in leading, or advocating, a strategic alliance between a business and a non-profit, or by those who are already involved in such an alliance. The issues covered by the book are very topical. Strategic alliances have become increasingly important to organizational survival. In addition, some organizations, including ...             Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships13 reviews James W. Tamm, Ronald J. Luyet Harper Paperbacks, 2005 HELPFUL Discovering the nature of defensiveness and "button pushing" was invaluable for me personally and for being able to now see it in others. I just loved Chapt. 2: "Hey, Buzz Off ... I Am Not Defensive!" Quoting: "Defensiveness is a poison pill to good relationships. In conflict, defensiveness is like blood in the water to a shark. A little here, a little there, and in no time the situation ...             Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition: A Review of Research Literature on Factors Influencing ... Paul W. Mattessich, Marta Murray-Close, ... Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2001 What makes the difference between your collaboration's failure or success? Collaboration: What Makes It Work, Second Edition answers this question with an up-to-date and in-depth review of collaboration research. What's new in the second edition: - An important new success factor (there are twenty in all) related to the collaboration's pace of development and its evolution over time - Improved factor descriptions with fresh ...             Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey1 review Michael Winer, Karen Ray Fieldstone Alliance, 1994 Solid advice on how to make collaboration work between community organizations. This text definitely earns its Handbook title. It is a complete 178 page manual on how to initiate, grow and support a successful collaboration between not-for-profits, community groups and institutions. It starts with detailed story of a fictional "Tri-County Collaboration for Homeless Services" that goes through every stage of development. This story is then referenced through out the ...             Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders9 reviews Jean Tabaka Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 Techniques to ensure effective collaboration Jean Tabaka's COLLABORATION EXPLAINED: FACILITATION SKILLS FOR SOFTWARE PROJECT LEADERS tells how to build an agile project which fosters techniques for ensuring effective collaboration. Jean Tabaka has been studying and using agile environments since its early days: her guidelines and templates for project events cover all areas and aspects of methodology and application, applying concepts to ...             Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork6 reviews Arthur VanGundy, Linda Naiman BookSurge Publishing, 2007 A wealth of enablers in the form of training excercises I have discovered the power and the simplicity in finding/applying a wide variety of experiencial excercises that spark creativity and imagination in groups. The beauty of this valuable workbook is that it unleashes our hidden potentialities. I have successfully used these activities in private business and in non profit organizations and in every ocassion the results have been the creation of ...             How to Make Collaboration Work: Powerful Ways to Build Consensus, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions3 reviews David Straus, Thomas C. Layton Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002 Terrific Book from a National Leader in Group Empowerment Just plain terrific. David Straus's second book is useful for anyone involved in groups, whether at work, at home, or in the community-- and isn't that all of us? He covers it all-- from very basic details such as how to arrange the furniture in your meeting room, to how to effect the most sophisticated interchanges between participants at the highest levels of authority. Whether you're in ...             Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict2 reviews - Urban Institute Press, 2006 Easy and as Expected The book came quickly and as expectd. The book is an easy read which is always good for school and a textbook.             SharePoint 2007 Collaboration For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))1 review Greg Harvey For Dummies, 2009 Okay introduction to using SharePoint 2007 Well, I need to learn yet another platform. This it is SharePoint 2007, Microsoft's latest iteration in its evolving online initiative. "SharePoint 2007 Collaboration For Dummies" is strictly an end-user book. It says virtually nothing about the server side of SharePoint. The book's greatest strength and weakness are the same: it covers a lot of territory. The weakness of that approach is ...             The Culture of Collaboration10 reviews Evan Rosen Red Ape Publishing, 2007 A practical guide to collaboration in the workplace The Summary Evan Rosen has consolidated the latest ideas on collaboration and brought them together into an informative and practical book. Collaboration is becoming more and more important whether you are trying to manage a global workforce or just need to get stove-pipe departments to work together you will learn a lot from this book. The Audience The Culture of Collaboration is a ...             Home, School, and Community Collaboration: Culturally Responsive Family Involvement Kathy B. Grant, Julie A. Ray Sage Publications, Inc, 2009 Using the culturally responsive family support model, this text prepares teachers to work effectively with the diverse families of their students Filled with practical suggestions and reflective opportunities , Home, School, and Community Collaboration uses the culturally responsive family support model to prepare readers to work with children from diverse families. This text includes contributions from 24 experts in the field in ...             SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform20 reviews Seth Bates, Tony Smith Apress, 2007 Great Reference book I am a fanatical user of sharepoint without any formal training, This book has helped me with all of the 'How To's' and has also shown me other things that I was not aware SP is capable of. The instructions are clear and precise making it easy to follow.              search for books businesses, collaboration, comprehension, consensus, consultation, culturally, defensiveness, everything, explained, facilitation, goldsworthy, government, influencing, involvement, literature, microsoft, nonprofits, orchestrating, productivity, read-write, relationships, requirements, responsive, sharepoint, storytelling, strategic, successful, sustaining, wikinomics, workshops books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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