Editing Collaboration (section)

{{short description|Act of working together}}
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[[File:3d10 fm de vilafranca.jpg|thumb|Catalan ''[[castell]]ers'' collaborate, working together with a shared goal]]

'''Collaboration''' (from [[Latin]] ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or [[organization]]s working together<!--<ref>[http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&field-12668446=Collaboration&branch=13842570&textsearchtype=exact&sortorder=score Article title]{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{Bare URL inline|date=June 2022}}</ref>--> to complete a task or achieve a goal.<ref>Marinez-Moyano, I. J. ''Exploring the Dynamics of Collaboration in Interorganizational Settings'', Ch. 4, p. 83, in Schuman (Editor). Jossey-bass, 2006. {{ISBN|0-7879-8116-8}}.</ref> Collaboration is similar to [[cooperation]]. The form of leadership can be social within a [[decentralized]] and [[egalitarian]] group.<ref name="spencelecture">Spence, Muneera U. ''"Graphic Design: Collaborative Processes = Understanding Self and Others."'' (lecture) Art 325: Collaborative Processes. Fairbanks Hall, [[Oregon State University]], [[Corvallis, Oregon]]. 13 April 2006. [http://revolutionphiladelphia.aiga.org/resources/content/2/5/7/0/documents/MSpence.pdf See also] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410234154/http://revolutionphiladelphia.aiga.org/resources/content/2/5/7/0/documents/MSpence.pdf |date=2008-04-10 }}.</ref> Teams that work collaboratively often access greater resources, recognition and rewards when facing competition for finite resources.<ref name="wagner_and_leydesdorff">[[Caroline S. Wagner]] and [[Loet Leydesdorff]]. ''[http://users.fmg.uva.nl/lleydesdorff/cswagner07/index.htm Globalisation in the network of science in 2005: The diffusion of international collaboration and the formation of a core group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825174955/http://users.fmg.uva.nl/lleydesdorff/cswagner07/index.htm|date=2007-08-25}}.''</ref>

Structured methods of collaboration encourage [[introspection]] of behavior and communication.<ref name="spencelecture" /> Such methods aim to increase the success of teams as they engage in collaborative [[problem-solving]]. Collaboration is present in opposing goals exhibiting the notion of [[adversarial collaboration]], though this is not a common use of the term. In its applied sense, "[a] collaboration is a purposeful relationship in which all parties strategically choose to cooperate in order to accomplish a shared outcome".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Collaborative leadership : developing effective partnerships for communities and schools|last=Rubin|first=Hank|isbn=978-1299395657|edition= 2nd|location=Thousand Oaks, Calif.|oclc=842851754|year = 2009}}</ref> Trade between nations is a form of collaboration between two societies which produce and exchange different portfolios of goods.

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