Collaboration
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Definition
Collaboration is The process of group working together and sharing knowledge to achieve shared or individual objectives. A generic term to describe teamwork or group effort. Source: Planning and Execution of Knowledge Management Assist Missions for Nuclear Organizations
Summary
Description
In knowledge management, collaboration is often used more specifically to describe close working relationships involving the sharing of knowledge. An example of collaboration in the nuclear industry is a cross-functional team.
Source: Planning and Execution of Knowledge Management Assist Missions for Nuclear Organizations
Description
Collaboration and benchmarking are effective ways to share knowledge, support continuous improvement, and identify best practices. Collaboration is the process of bring people together with different knowledge and skill sets to accomplish specific objects. It requires organization, teamwork and trust. The various knowledge and skills of team members can contribute to the overall success of the project.
Source: Guide on nuclear knowledge management
Description
Nuclear R&D organizations are becoming increasingly involved in the development of international strategic alliances that require the sharing of research staff and their knowledge in international networks of excellence. This aspect applies to all types of R&D organization and is more prevalent in those organizations that are state or publicly funded. Such collaboration and partnership between R&D institutes, government, universities and industry require a flexible approach and this process can be facilitated by the introduction of various KM tools and techniques as described in Section 6. The overall benefits of this approach can be realized in terms of efficiency (cost) savings and reputation in adopting new and innovative solutions as described in para 5.2.
- Applicable organizational functions:
- All types of R&D organization.
- Related KM tools/techniques to consider:
- Communities of practice;
- Collaboration and social networking tools;
- Rapid evidence reviews;
- Peer assistance;
- Knowledge cafe;
- Knowledge marketplace.
Source: Knowledge Management for Nuclear Research and Development Organizations
