Module 3 Key Takeaways
Key Takeaways
- Terminological quagmire
- Terminology associated with ‘working together’ is messy and often imprecisely employed
- These terms are not synonymous but are closely related and it is helpful to create distinction by considering underpinning conceptual dimensions
- Collaboration (all approaches addressed) are imperative to navigating the contemporary problem domain of sustainable communities
- A variety of qualities make collaboration effective and efficient as well as unproductive
- The process of collaboration
- Important components include: context, initial conditions, process, outcomes/impacts
- Feedback shapes the iterative process of collaboration
- Many approaches to collaboration are employed for sustainable communities
- A series of case studies shared experiences with different approaches to collaboration for sustainable communities, highlighting distinctions and similarities among the approaches
- Collaboration is not a panacea
- Collaboration offers many benefits and challenges