Breaking Out of the Box : Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Faculty Work

, by Amey, Marilyn J.

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ISBN: 9781593111328 | 1593111320
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/30/2004

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List of Tables

vii

Preface

Introduction

(16)

What is Interdisciplinary Collaboration?

(1)

Why is Interdisciplinary Collaboration Important?

(2)

Interdisciplinarity

(7)

The Study of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

(3)

Proceeding with the Book

(3)

Stage One: Tradition

(16)

The Dimensions of Stage One

(2)

Stage One Observations

(9)

Summary

(2)

Stage Two: Transition

(16)

The Dimensions of Stage Two

(7)

Stage Two Observations

(6)

Summary

(3)

Stage Three: Transformation

(10)

The Dimensions of Stage Three

(5)

Stage Three Observations

(3)

Summary

(2)

Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

(4)

Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Spanning Bureaucratic Structures

(16)

Departmental Structure and Faculty Role Expectations

(2)

Alignment of Bureaucratic Processes

(3)

Faculty Reward Structures

(4)

Organizational Neutral Space

(2)

Summary

(3)

Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Academic Culture

(16)

Disciplinary Cultures and Stage One Behaviors

(5)

Creating Cultural Change

(7)

Matrix Organizations and Cultural Dilemmas

(1)

Summary

(2)

The Intellectual Process: Learning Integrative Thinking in Intertisciplinary Collaboration

(16)

Sociocultural Perspectives and Transformational Learning

(2)

Interdisciplinarity as Transformative Learning

(10)

Summary

108

(3)

Creating a Mobile: Leading and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

111

(20)

Our Study

112

(6)

Leadership Challenges

118

(7)

Leading and Learning

125

(3)

Summary

128

(3)

Conclusion

131

(16)

Neutrality

131

(3)

Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaboration

134

(3)

Changing Academic Work to Accommodate Interdisciplinary Collaboration

137

(3)

Leading the Learning Organization

140

(4)

Concluding Thoughts

144

(3)

Appendix: Research Design and Methodology

147

(4)

References

151

(8)

Author Index

159

(4)

Subject Index

163

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Breaking Out of the Box : Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Faculty Work

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