Defining Cooperation

The Vrinda Handbook -  Development and Aid  -  Development

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see also Development Mantras

Cooperation (from Latin com-"with" + operari-"to work" = "work done together") happens when:

 

Any kind of social life requires some form of co-operation. In the economic field cooperation requires some form of institutionalized partnership. The institution that organizes a group of co-workers in a structured working entity is called an "organization". Organizational structures are different and can be bigger or smaller, more participatory or more hierarchical: but they all require the construction and preservation of a collective identity where work is shared in a team spirit and organized in line with a team leadership.
 

Team work

There is a correspondence between the cooperation done by the individuals who are colleagues within an an organization and the cooperation done among partners organizations associated for the achievement of the objectives of a development programor project.


The basic assumption of this manual is that the best managerial style for a development aid organization is of designing and managing itself and its culture in such a way as to make itself :

and that these three features are subsidiary in achieving effectiveness of activities as well as generating a healthy communication climate and a strong team spirit that motivates internal and external stakeholders in cooperating towards the achievement of cooperation objectives.


 


 

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