Glossary

The patterns of communication flow between individuals in organization / Preestablished

patterns dictating who may communicate with whom. (1)

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

The mutual process through which persons interpret messages in order to coordinate

individual and social meanings. Human manipulation of symbols to stimulate meaning

in other humans. The process by which a person, group, organization (the sender)

transmits some type of information (the message) to another person, group,

organization (the receiver). The simultaneous sharing and creating of meaning through

human symbolic action. (1)

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

Command and control is a military-derived term that refers to “the exercise of authority

and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces

in the accomplishment of the mission”, as described by the US DoD Dictionary of

Military and Associated Terms. In management, it refers more generally to the

maintenance of authority with somewhat more distributed decision making. The TELL

ME project believes that this top-down approach is no longer tenable in health

Collaborative governance brings public and private stakeholders together in collective

forums with public agencies to engage in consensus-oriented decision making

After reviewing many cases of collaborative governance across a range of policy

sectors, Chris Ansell and Alison Gash identify critical variables that will influence

whether or not this mode of governance will produce successful collaboration. These

variables include the prior history of conflict or cooperation, the incentives for