In the future we will work in an environment were cultural understanding and relationship management  will be as important as technology and technical skills . Transitioning to collaborative working  business models which bridge national boundaries requires transparency and structure  

 Creating an international standard for collaboration  provides a common structure and language to foster openness and understanding. It lays the foundation greater engagement and innovation leading to better outcomes based on mutual benefit. 

 The changing dynamics of leadership  in meeting the challenges of the 21st century where traditional hierarchical structures limit agility , flexibility and resilience to optimise the effectiveness  of collaborative interdependent business models. 

 ‘The Art of War‘ by Sun Tzu has influenced many generations of business leaders as well as strategy gurus.. This book with its comprehensive account of this work and the influence of Sun Tzu in creating project strategy effectively translating good strategic thinking into actionable and achievable plans that will yield desired operating results

Company success is influenced by both internal and external factors. Outsourcing impacts across an organisation and beyond yet too frequently corporate strategy is not adequately:

Integrated- Evaluated- Communicated- Absorbed- Risk assessed

Many organisations recognise the importance of CSR but few seek to understand how this can be harmonized with current profitability. Sustainability will not be sustainable unless integrated with business strategy and profitability this book starts to help build those links

This book is an introduction to the concepts and value of collaboration together with the benefits of a structured approach to embed these into business operations. It forms the basis for the worlds first national standard for collaborative working 

Partnership. Innovation tool. Operating instructions for companies that operate on a project basis or to order. The scope of the book is to illustrate the fundamental principles of partnership and the advantages that the supplier has in applying the partnering relationship with the main contractor. The text also describes the functional tools such as:

• the methodology for activating the partnership;

• the Indirect Vendor Rating to evaluate supplier performance;

• the tests to verify the level of potentialities of the partnership;

• how to manage supplies between supplier and main contractor.

Certification and Security: genesis and development of a cultural model

The book analyzes the historical and philosophical Profile of the Certification and establishes for the first time a relation between Certification and Security arriving at an original and innovative certification model.

Time for agreements, time for collaboration. The rules of partnering. The book includes an ample description of the processes expressing Collaboration on two levels:

- on the normative level, it delineates the figure of partnering.

- on the economic level it contributes the managing model of entrepreneurial activity, carried out in a collaborative form, with particular consideration to MSMI.

The Relational Business Model: Sourcing Strategic Relationships vs. Transactions or Deals. It is no secret that the majority of complex business arrangements fail to achieve their objectives in the long run. Structured as rigid “transactions” or “deals,” the contract parties become hostage to fixed performance-based models and change order processes that drive adversarial behavior, and limit innovation and industrial benefit, which further widen the contract divide. It is time for stakeholders to begin working together to establish and manage “insight-based adaptive relationships” that foster innovation, create change and enable evolution. These relationships must be built on respect, alignment, mutuality, transparency, and joint governance. It is also time for policy and procurement regimes to recognize and support the “relationship” as the pivotal point at which delivery management is conducted, measured, and evolved.