Interorganizational Relationships

Interorganizational Overview Interorganizational Relationships Interorganizational Relationships Organizational ecology Organizational ecology Why work together? Why work together? What does it mean for managers? What does it mean for managers?

Interorganizatonal Relationships Resource Dependence Population Ecology Collaborative Network Institutionalism Organization Type Dissimilar Similar Org. Relationship Competitive Cooperative

Dependence Theory What is it? What is it? Two factors Two factors Importance of resource Importance of resource Power of companies that own it Power of companies that own it Who has the power? Who has the power?

Collaborative Networks What is it? What is it? Why? Why? Old way Old way New way (Collaborative Networking) New way (Collaborative Networking)

Population Ecology Organizations adapting within populations of organizations Organizations adapting within populations of organizations “Out with the old, in with the new.” “Out with the old, in with the new.” Organizational Form Organizational Form Niches Niches

Population Ecology Variation Selection Retention Variation Selection Retention Struggle for Survival Struggle for Survival Factors Factors Strategies Strategies Generalist Generalist Specialist Specialist Which is better? Which is better?

Institutionalism Institutional Perspective Institutional Perspective Institutional Environment Institutional Environment Legitimacy Legitimacy Think of banks! Think of banks! Isomorphism Isomorphism

Institutionalism Two dimensions Two dimensions Technical Technical Institutional Institutional

Institutionalism Institutional Isomorphism Institutional Isomorphism Mimetic forces Mimetic forces Downsizing Downsizing Benchmarking Benchmarking Coercive forces Coercive forces Government Government Wal-mart Wal-mart Normative forces Normative forces Education Education