Strategies for Collaborative Working and its Benefits

TASK 3 FROM THE BRIEF
ATTACHED
1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
A. Collaborative working............................................................................................................2
B. Strategies.................................................................................................................................2
C. Values for encouraging collaboration.....................................................................................2
D. Interpersonal skills..................................................................................................................3
E. Benefits of collaborative working...........................................................................................3
F. Promoting equality and diversity.............................................................................................3
G. Embedding British values.......................................................................................................4
H. Consequences of poor collaboration.......................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
2

INTRODUCTION
Collaborative working is defined as the approach to work in partnership or jointly with other
individuals or organisations to attain a shared goal (Desai, 2018). This practice is of great help as
it enhances the different aspects of quality and success. For success it is necessary that
collaborative practices must be practiced within teams and organisational culture. The report will
discuss the significance and strategies for improving collaborative work practices.
TASK 3
A. Collaborative working
Collaboration is known as practice to work environment in which in which different
individuals come together to deliver joint efforts for achieving desired task. Organisations which
have collaborative environment tend to be more interactive and quick in responding. Thus for
flexible working and convenient sharing and execution of the idea it is important that teams and
individuals must have good collaboration (Yap, Abdul-Rahman and Chen, 2017). When
individuals work collaboratively then they used to solve problems with more holistic approach so
that their responsiveness can be improved. It is very crucial for the organisational success that all
its operational and business activities are in alignment and collaboration with each other
otherwise quality goals may not be achieved by the company.
B. Strategies
For assuring long term success organisations must take efforts to build collaborative
environment. This can be achieved by various strategies. In order to encourage cohesion and
collaboration specific goals and motivation must be provided to employees so that they can find
a compelling reason to be a part of collaboration. The purpose of such kind of working must also
be informed to each and every individual otherwise staff member may not understand its
benefits. Another strategy to foster collaboration is that leaders must try to leverage the strength
of individual team members otherwise one may feel neglected or unproductive and collaboration
may not go well with expected outcomes (Hsieh and Liou, 2018).
C. Values for encouraging collaboration
In order to promote collaboration companies must ensure that a trust worthy environment
is provided to individuals. Each individual must be provided with chance to fully explore their
individual potential and capability in balance with the collaboration goal. For this it is important
that there must be trust and clarity about purpose and method of collaboration as well as their
3