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Item Advancing Racial Equity in the Minneapolis Park System: How Could Organizations with Divergent Goals Work Together?(E-PARCC at Syracuse University, 2020) Yuan (Daniel), Cheng; Brooke, Dirtzu"Advancing Racial Equity in the Minneapolis Park System” is a role-play simulation designed to help students understand the challenges in creating a collaborative governance regime when actors involved have different understandings of the core issue. It also helps students understand how complex structural elements underpin systemic inequalities, and then learn strategies to advance racial equity in public service provisions. This simulation is relevant for classes dealing with collaborative governance, public engagement processes, stakeholder involvement, collaborative problem-solving, and increasing diversity and inclusion in public policy making.Item Arts for Academic Achievement: Long-Term Artists' Perspectives(Center for Applied Research and Educaitonal Improvement, 2007-09) Ingram, DebraThis report summarizes the perspectives of a sample of artists who have been involved in Arts for Academic Achievement for multiple years. In two focus groups the artists discussed: § how the AAA projects they have been involved with have changed over time, § what they’ve learned about collaborating with teachers and integrating the arts, § the benefits of AAA that they had observed for students and teachers, § how they’ve been affected by their involvement in AAA, § the strengths of AAA, and § challenges in collaborating with teachers and integrating the arts, or, in other words, areas that could be improved.Item Arts Organizations and Their Impact on Adverse Childhood Experiences(2017-05) Clarke, KristineThe following three questions will be examined through this study. First, what role do arts organizations play in relation to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Second, do art organizations make any impact on individuals who have experienced ACEs? Third, do these organizations create this impact knowingly or unknowingly? Through examining six organizations it appears that arts organizations serve as efficient supplemental tools in helping individuals suffering from side effects of ACEs. By combining organizational efforts around mental health, rehabilitation, and social work with those of arts organizations, individuals are able to find a pathway or alternative communication method to expressing their emotions, fears, and demons that they have been trying to keep hidden. The research has also shown that art organizations are helping people confronting ACEs without knowing that the programming is indeed helping individuals facing ACEs. Through examining these questions the recommendation from this paper is for mental health, rehabilitation, and social work organizations to acknowledge how useful the arts can be for their patients and clients, and to seek out collaborations with these organizations.Item Assessing and pursuing collaborative relationships with commercial banks(Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-05-20) Arneson, Bjorn; Gupta, Sandhya; Henkel, Jordan; Little, ArletaThe purpose of this project report is to provide Nonprofits Assistance Fund (NAF) with research and recommendations to aid in the development of more collaborative relationships with commercial banks. This report presents an overview of the preconditions for stronger collaborative relationships between NAF and banks and a discussion of the field of existing relationships between NAF and selected banks, including perceived strengths and weaknesses. The paper concludes with recommendations for strengthening current bank relationships and for promoting future collaboration.Item Civic Engagement: ResourceFULL Decisions and Collective Action on Public Issues(2013) Radke, Barbara; Hinz, Lisa; Horntvedt, Jody; Chazdon, Scott; Hennen, Mary Ann; Allen, RyanItem Collaboration Across Borders, or Piiride-ülene Koostöö: Estonians and Americans Working Together Towards Accessible Archival Collections(Journal of Library Administration, 2019) Engseth, Ellen; Ramler, GristelA collaborative project to improve global description and thus discovery of library material is shared and analyzed after a decade of activity. The Immigration History Research Center Archives and the National Archives of Estonia work together to arrange and describe archival collections, utilizing the assets of the two different institutions. This project recognizes that the unique research material located in Minnesota holds importance to patrons in many countries, are a result of cultural and informational migration, and that access to this multilingual source material relies on robust description. The article provides the project’s context, and describes its administration.Item Collaborative Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention: Trends and Correlates Nationally and a Case Study in Minnesota(2016-04) Pelletier, JenniferObesity affects nearly one in five children in the United States and costs billions of dollars to manage and treat. National advisors and funding agencies are increasingly encouraging multiple sectors of society to work together on childhood obesity prevention, yet the extent to which states are adopting and succeeding with this approach is unknown. In this dissertation, I address this gap in the literature using national surveillance data and a mixed methods case study in Minnesota. In study 1, I examined secular trends and state-level political, social, and economic conditions associated with collaboration on school nutrition and physical education (PE) activities nationally. Collaboration increased between 2000 and 2006 and decreased or stabilized between 2006 and 2012. The number of organizational collaborators in 2012 was higher in states with higher childhood obesity prevalence, higher poverty, higher public health funding, and a state-level PE coordinator. In study 2, I examined the prevalence of evidence-based state policies on competitive foods and PE between 2006 and 2012. Findings from generalized linear models indicate that strong state policies were unrelated to measures of collaboration and significantly positively associated with childhood obesity and state-level measures of socioeconomic disadvantage in 2012. In study 3, I used mixed methods to develop a theoretically informed process to identify and describe the roles of key stakeholders in a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) partnership in Minnesota. The Minnesota partnership was successful in implementing SRTS programs in nearly 200 communities and advocating for policy change to expand and institutionalize SRTS in the state. Findings indicate that contributors to success of sophisticated partnerships may differ across multiple geographic levels and core partnership functions. Overall, the findings from this dissertation suggest that collaborative partnerships are common and under some circumstances, such as SRTS in Minnesota, may contribute to adoption and/or implementation of policies to prevent childhood obesity.Item Design Thinking Collaboration: Changing How Companies Solve Problems(2014-08) Lund, Deanna R.Companies in office environments have a need for employees who are skilled in solving complex problems in order to develop innovative products and services to stay competitive in a global economy. This study investigates how three companies located in Minnesota are currently using the approach of design thinking to increase innovation. Interviews and observations of the companies are compiled into recommendations for other companies to use as a guide for incorporating design thinking into their organizational practices. Several skills emerged from the findings as critical to the design thinking approach; these skills could inform the type of training needed in the future for all levels of educational development.Item Embracing INTO: Library Plans and Campus Collaboration to Serve an Increased International Student Population(Collaborative Librarianship, 2013) Farrell, Shannon L.; Cranston, Catherine L.; Bullington, Jeffrey S.Universities are using private recruitment agencies to fast-track internationalization initiatives and realize tuition-based revenue increases. Colorado State University (CSU), with this dual aim of increasing the proportion of international students on campus and generating income via out-of-state tuition, signed a contract with INTO, a British organization that works to recruit international students to attend partner institutions from countries across five continents. International students, although not a homogeneous population, as a whole do bring unique challenges. Our study examined how both campus and the library could prepare for the expected large influx of international students. Seeking to understand the INTO model and the effect it would have on campus, particularly in terms of resource planning, we conducted a series of interviews with INTO staff, librarians at other U.S. INTO institutions, and CSU faculty and staff who would interact most substantially with the INTO population. Various campus departments have made significant preparations to prepare for the growing INTO population, and we identified several steps that the CSU Libraries could take to better serve these students, including enhancing existing services and fostering new campus collaborations.Item Exploring Collaborative Opportunities in Natural Resource Planning and Conservation.(2004) Doering, DawnItem Finding Common Ground on Health Reform: Regaining Minnesota's Collaborative Tradition(2014-04-07) Halverson, Laurie; Mack, Tara; Malcolm, JanItem Heterogeneity & Hierarchy: Collaborative, Cross-Departmental Work and The Dissemination of Power in American Art Museums(2023) Gonda, TaylorThis study examines the hierarchical impact of cross-departmental, collaborative public-facing work in art museums, and whether or not collaborative work that takes place across power levels in the art museum organization leads to more successful projects. This paper finds that cross-departmental and collaborative work in art museums challenges the hierarchical norms in the art museum space. Museum employees surveyed generally felt that greater integration of departments led to more successful programmatic outcomes, but the hierarchical nature of the art museum workplace and the supremacy of the scholarly curatorial voice in the leadership of that space hampers the execution of that integration, and hinders the field’s ability to create truly inclusive, relevant museum programming. An argument is made for deep, systemic change in the art museum organizational structure and culture, and for art museums to use the many resources and tools already available to expand the definition of expertise in the art museum, and to open decision-making rooms to voices outside of executive leadership derived from the curatorial field.Item I'M New Here, Let'S Work Together: Proactive Collaboration and Creative Performance During Organizational Entry(2016-06) Dossinger, KarynEmployee creativity is arguably the foundation upon which successful organizational innovation rests. Little is known, however, about how the creative process begins in organizations and how new employees’ socialization influences their creative development. Using two studies, I developed and tested a social process model of new employee creativity in which proactive collaboration – taking initiative to engage with others in collective work – plays a key role in the creative process. In Study 1, I developed and validated a measure of proactive collaboration. In Study 2, I tested the proposed model using a time-lagged, survey-based field study of new employees and their supervisors over the first six months of employment. I found that newcomer proactive collaboration was positively associated with engagement in creative process behaviors (e.g., problem identification, information search, and idea generation); however, creative process engagement was not related to supervisors’ evaluations of newcomer creative performance. I also found that newcomers’ proactive collaboration was contingent upon both personal characteristics and the organizational socialization context. On average, newcomer curiosity was positively associated with proactive collaboration. Newcomers’ creative identities, formed from prior work experiences, interacted with the organizational socialization context to predict proactive collaboration: Newcomers with strong creative identities from prior jobs were more likely to proactively collaborate when the organization used divestiture, rather than investiture, socialization tactics. Due to ongoing data collection, please contact the author before citing this work.Item The Impact of the Minnesota Principals' Academy on High School Principal Decision-Making(2018-08) Knuth, JoannAbstract High school principals make numerous decisions daily. Decision-‐making is a complicated process requiring multiple pieces of data, synthesizing them, looking at the big picture, setting targets, and strategically thinking through actions, looking at risks, assumptions, and belief systems. If a wrong decision, even a seemingly minor one, is made, it can haunt the principal’s leadership for a long time. This research investigated the impact of the Minnesota Principals’ Academy (MPA), an 18-‐month long executive professional development program for practicing principals on their perceptions and skills with regard to decision-‐making. Fourteen of seventeen eligible principals who had completed the MPA agreed to be interviewed, representing a cross-‐section of high schools from urban, suburban, and greater Minnesota schools, with student populations from under 600 to over 2,200. Using a structured interview protocol, with probes to expand responses and report experiences, principals’ responses were coded and analyzed, looking for both common and unique themes. Findings revealed that the more experienced the principal, the greater the pattern of consulting with others before making difficult decisions. Another concept that emerged from the data was the key role of vision to principals’ leadership. Having a vision appeared to shape and influence all aspects of principals’ decision-‐making and leadership. A striking aspect of the data was the commonality of principals’ vision across all participants and their commitment to the commonality of that vision. Every principal interviewed noted that participating in the MPA deepened their belief in the importance of vision to their leadership and making sound decisions for their schools and students.Item Interview with Ben Porath(2016-03-02) Porath, Ben; Monti, MartaBen Porath is the Vice President of Power Delivery for Dairyland Power Cooperative. During the CapX2020 initiative, Mr. Porath worked as a Transmission Strategist and Director of System Operations.Item Interview with Beth Soholt(2015-06-30) Soholt, Beth; Monti, MartaBeth Soholt is the Executive Director of Wind on the Wires, an NGO that works to overcome barriers to delivering wind power to market in 10 Upper Midwest states. Ms. Soholt has more than 15 years’ experience working with the electric industry in various capacities. At WOW she directs work in the areas of technical/transmission planning, state regulatory proceedings, legislative education and outreach. Ms. Soholt holds a seat on the Midwest Independent System Operator Advisory Committee representing the Environmental Sector.Item Interview with Chris Fleege(2016-01-22) Fleege, Chris; Monti, MartaChris Fleege is the Vice President of Transmission and Distribution at Minnesota Power.Item Interview with Dave Geschwind and Rick Hettwer(2016-01-27) Geschwind, Dave; Hettwer, Rick; Monti, MartaDave Geschwind is the CEO and Director of Operations of Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA), and is the President of the Western Fuels Association. Mr. Geschwind has experience in overseeing generation and transmission assets, power marketing and operation functions, and in dealing with matters like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North-American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). Rick Hettwer is the Manager of Power Delivery at Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA).Item Interview with David Boyd(2015-07-24) Boyd, David; Monti, MartaDavid Boyd is the Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs at MISO, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. He serves as MISOs primary liaison with the governors and state regulatory and legislative policymakers on footprint wide matters in the MISO region. Dr. Boyd served as a Commissioner of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission from 2007-2015, during a time when the CapX2020 group was submitting Certificate of Need and Route Permits.Item Interview with Gordon Pietsch(2015-06-19) Pietsch, Gordon; Monti, MartaGordon Pietsch is the Director of Transmission Planning and Operations at Great River Energy.