Social

definition of collaboration

The word collaboration admits several uses, while one of the best known is that which refers to the group execution, whether of a job, activity, or specific task with the mission of specifying an objective.

Carrying out a group activity to increase the chances of achieving the proposed goal

This sense indicates that collaboration implies joint work, joining forces and capacities to achieve the goals proposed by an organization, which normally have an altruistic purpose.

When several people come together to carry out a social project, they will always be doing good, a solidarity action, and for example, the concept is usually associated with these issues that we mentioned of altruism and solidarity.

Fortunately, we were able to complete the cleaning of the desk in a timely manner, although without the collaboration of Juan and Marta it would have been impossible.”

Link with solidarity and altruism

Solidarity is a typically human action, which almost all human beings have at our disposal, some practice it more regularly than others, but those who do not, almost always, when an event arises that demands their help and collaboration, appear, contributing your share of help for whatever is needed.

As it is a dignified action with a positive social impact, it is essential that parents and the school promote it among children from an early age.

This sense of the term is closely linked to the concept of help, since the collaboration in this case exercises the function of help so that this or that can achieve their objective.

It should be noted that without the aforementioned collaboration, it is difficult to achieve the objective.

There are organized groups called volunteers, which, without receiving payment or anything in return, offer their help and collaboration to various causes, and charities, hospitals, nursing homes or orphanages, among others.

Monetary assistance

On the other hand, it is also designated as collaboration that monetary assistance that is intended to achieve some purpose. “We ask all our partners for a contribution of 50 pesos a month to be able to start with the renovation works of the gym.”

Journalism: journalist or specialist in an area who writes in a graphic medium to provide his analysis on a hot topic

And in the journalistic field, we also find a very common presence of the term collaboration, since in this way it designates the text that has been written by an individual who is not an integral part of the publisher on which the publication depends on which his journalistic text, opinion article, among others, will appear.

It is worth noting that journalistic collaboration is normally entrusted to those professionals who are experts in certain matters, which suddenly, due to a situation, have become the topic that arouses the greatest interest in public opinion.

For example, the outbreak of a military confrontation will cause the newspapers to seek the expert opinion of international analysts who are not part of their staff, who will write an article that will be published by the same newspaper.

Although it is also common for a participation that begins as a special collaboration to comment on a current issue, then ends up acquiring a recurring periodicity in the medium as a result of the good impact among readers.

Common Action in Music and Screenwriting

Also, in the field of television, music and cinema, collaboration is common, in this case author.

So the scriptwriters of a certain fiction program often request the assistance of colleagues to write certain scenes or to put a twist on the story they write.

The collaboration is specified for this purpose and ends.

Something similar happens with the collaboration that we mentioned in the world of music, many renowned composers and also performers collaborate with other colleagues, either in recitals or live performances, and also in albums.

There are collaborations between music artists that become true hits that even end up transcending their solo careers, for example the recent one by Thalía and Maluma, or the one a few years ago between Marta Sánchez and Carlos Baute, which was also hyper successful.

On the other hand, the various security forces of a nation often collaborate with each other when an important event occurs that affects internal security.

The same happens externally, between the security forces of different countries.

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