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Using Collaboration as a Governance Strategy

Lessons From Six Watershed Management Programs

University of North Carolina at Wilmington, imperialm{at}uncw.edu

This article utilizes a comparative cross-case analysis of six watershed programs to examine how collaboration is used to enhance governance of networks where problem-solving capacity is widely dispersed and few organizations accomplish their missions by acting alone. A conceptual framework that illustrates how collaboration occurs at the operational, policy-making, and institutional levels is presented. Understanding these structural relationships is important and can help public managers design effective collaborative processes. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for future research and advice for public managers using collaboration as a strategy for enhancing network governance.

Key Words: collaboration • governance • intergovernmental management • interorganizational relations • networks • watershed management

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