Breaking Out of the Box : Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Faculty Work

by Amey, Marilyn J.

• ISBN13: 9781593111328
• ISBN10: 1593111320
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-30
• Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(16)
What is Interdisciplinary Collaboration?	2	(1)
Why is Interdisciplinary Collaboration Important?	2	(2)
Interdisciplinarity	4	(7)
The Study of Interdisciplinary Collaboration	11	(3)
Proceeding with the Book	14	(3)
Stage One: Tradition	17	(16)
The Dimensions of Stage One	20	(2)
Stage One Observations	22	(9)
Summary	31	(2)
Stage Two: Transition	33	(16)
The Dimensions of Stage Two	33	(7)
Stage Two Observations	40	(6)
Summary	46	(3)
Stage Three: Transformation	49	(10)
The Dimensions of Stage Three	49	(5)
Stage Three Observations	54	(3)
Summary	57	(2)
Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Collaboration	59	(4)
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Spanning Bureaucratic Structures	63	(16)
Departmental Structure and Faculty Role Expectations	65	(2)
Alignment of Bureaucratic Processes	67	(3)
Faculty Reward Structures	70	(4)
Organizational Neutral Space	74	(2)
Summary	76	(3)
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Academic Culture	79	(16)
Disciplinary Cultures and Stage One Behaviors	80	(5)
Creating Cultural Change	85	(7)
Matrix Organizations and Cultural Dilemmas	92	(1)
Summary	93	(2)
The Intellectual Process: Learning Integrative Thinking in Intertisciplinary Collaboration	95	(16)
Sociocultural Perspectives and Transformational Learning	96	(2)
Interdisciplinarity as Transformative Learning	98	(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