Partnerships; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Analytical strategy; 2. Articulating partnerships; 3. Outsourcing limits; 4. Contracts and relationality; 5. Contracts as communication; Form of contracts; Contract and functional differentiation; 6. Partnerships as second-order contracts; 7. Partnerships as tentative structural coupling; 8. Partnerships as second-order organisations; Conclusion; References; Index
Summary
How did partnerships come to emerge almost everywhere and at almost the same time? What is the inner logic of partnerships? And at what point does that logic begin to break down? This book improves our understanding of the shifting ground on which partnerships and agreements must be reached in today's hyper-complex society
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index
