Collaboration facts for kids
Collaboration is when people work with each other to complete a task. It involves co-operation and teamwork and the sharing of ideas, knowledge and skills to reach the same objective. The objective is usually creative in nature. Most collaboration needs leadership or some kind.
Each person plays a tightly or loosely defined role in the process of collaboration. For instance, to make a movie a writer, director, producer and actors are needed. There may also be a need for a costumer, a cameraman (if the director cannot do it all), an audio engineer, and a film editor. It takes many to make a movie come together.
The effectiveness of a collaborative effort is driven by three critical factors: - Communication - Content Management - Workflow control
With the Internet and the low cost and nearly instantaneous sharing of ideas, knowledge, and skills has made collaborative work dramatically easier. Not only can a group cheaply communicate, but the wide reach of the Internet allows such groups to easily form in the first place.
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Images for kids
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Catalan castellers collaborate, working together with a shared goal.
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Organization and cooperation between community members provides economic and social benefits.
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The 2,751 Liberty ships built in four years by the United States during World War II required new approaches in organization and manufacturing.
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The Evergreen signature clock tower
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Trilateral agreement between ESO, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences for the operation of ALMA
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In Spanish: Colaboración para niños
