Call for Submissions on Collaboration, 4th Annual Teaching Case & Simulation Competition

From an email sent by Rosemary O'Leary:

Fourth Annual Teaching Case and Simulation Competition

Collaborative Public Management, Networks and Public Management, Collaborative Governance, and Collaborative Problem Solving

Competition funding: $5,000 prize for best teaching case, $5,000 for best teaching simulation, plus NEW $5,000 prize for best case or simulation on nonprofit collaboration sponsored by the Snow Foundation and up to ten additional $1,000 honorable mention prizes

Public managers who work in networks often find themselves not solely as unitary leaders of unitary organizations. Instead, they often find themselves collaborating in multiorganizational networked arrangements and with the public to solve problems that cannot be solved, or solved easily, by single organizations. Collaborative public management, networks and public management, collaborative governance, and collaborative problem solving have become essential topics in most public management and public policy programs. But collaboration is not simply a body of substantive knowledge; it is also a set of skills. We believe that one of the best ways to prepare students to operate in networks is through the use of case studies, simulations and negotiation exercises.

To further stimulate the creation of effective and innovative teaching cases and simulations in this area, the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University is sponsoring its fourth annual competition. The competition seeks to encourage the development of new cases and new simulations to be used in teaching collaborative public management, collaborative governance and/or collaborative problem solving. The competition has been funded to award one $5,000 prize for best teaching case, one $5,000 prize for best teaching simulation, a new $5,000 prize for best case or simulation on nonprofit collaboration sponsored by the Snow Foundation, and up to ten $1,000 honorable mention prizes.

Case studies should be approximately 15-25 type-written pages (double-spaced). Simulations should include a minimum of 6 players. All entries must include a teaching note.

Selection of the winners will be made by a committee of scholars and practitioners. All cases and simulations must be original and not yet published elsewhere.

Winning cases and simulations are published online and downloadable free of charge at E-PARC: www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc/eparc . Most cases and simulations are published in three languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese. Full credit is given to authors.

E-PARC is a project of the Maxwell School’s “Collaborative Governance Initiative” launched in 2007. E-PARC provides free on-line resources for those who teach collaborative public management, networks and public management, collaborative governance, and collaborative problem solving around the world. We receive an average of 10,000 “hits” per month from 40 different countries.

To enter: Submit original teaching case studies and teaching simulations no later than January 15, 2011. Finalists will be notified around February 28, 2011.

All entries should be submitted electronically to PARCC@maxwell.syr.edu.

Questions should be directed to:
Rosemary O’Leary, Distinguished Professor
The Maxwell School of Syracuse University
roleary@maxwell.syr.edu

View current and past winners at: www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc/eparc

Free Thurs Sept 16 Webinar: Relationship Blding & Online Collaboration

A PublicForum Webinar
Thursday, 16 September
15:00 Eastern (New York)/19:00 GMT (90 minutes)

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Free for Circle Club members

You can make collaborations more successful by building in explicit relationship-building and problem solving processes. In this discussion, we'll explore how to link tools and practices to get better results more often.

As an example, we'll assess one virtual collaboration that blends a social network and structured synchronous¹ and asynchronous² problem solving to tackle a community's problem. And we'll work together to see how that design (and others) can be improved. Think about your own virtual experiences with online collaboration and be prepared to join in. Please join us for this great program, led by David Friedman of Bridgewell Partners. Following the presentation, there'll be time for Q&A/discussion.

David Friedmanis a Principal at Bridgewell Partners. He works with professionals in a variety of fields to improve their ability to start, maintain and capitalize on critical relationships. For the past year, he's been applying his relationship-building insights to the design and implementation of unique models for collaborative problem-solving that emphasize how the online environment can be shaped so that people work together much more productively.

Before starting Bridgewell Partners in 1999, David was a partner at the global consulting firm McKinsey and Company, where he worked with clients in financial services, health care and transportation on strategic and organizational challenges. He holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and is also a graduate of Harvard University.

His blog is Positive Structures.

Learn more and register at this link

¹Synchronous tools include webinars, videoconferencing and other like technologies that are used to interact "live" in real time with others.
² Asynchronous tools include blogs, chat rooms and other kinds of technologies that are used to interact with others on your own time.  Others may or may not be online participating at the same time you are.