TY  - CONF
TI  - Defining Cooperation and Collaboration in the Context of Lean Construction
AU  - Schöttle, Annett
AU  - Haghsheno, Shervin
AU  - Gehbauer, Fritz
AD  - Research Fellow. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Technology and  Management in Construction (TMB), Am Fasanengarten, Geb. 50.31, D-76131 Karlsruhe,  Germany. Phone +49 (0)721/608-45259, Annett.Schoettle@kit.edu.
AD  - Professor. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Technology and Management in  Construction (TMB), Am Fasanengarten, Geb. 50.31, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. Phone +49  (0)721/608-42646, Shervin.Haghsheno@kit.edu
AD  - Professor. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Technology and Management in  Construction (TMB), Am Fasanengarten, Geb. 50.31, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. Phone +49  (0)721/608-42168, Fritz.Gehbauer@kit.edu.
ED  - Kalsaas, Bo Terje
ED  - Koskela, Lauri
ED  - Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/06/25
T2  - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Oslo, Norway
SP  - 1269
EP  - 1280
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - The Lean Construction approach is based on cooperation and collaboration. A review of Lean Construction literature reveals that authors use at least one or even both words without distinguishing between them, but rather use these words as synonyms. This is problematic, since a different understanding of words may lead to a misunderstanding of project issues. Therefore, clear and unified definitions are needed for both terms, thereby allowing readers and project partners, respectively, to have the same understanding of cooperation and collaboration. This paper explains the difference and defines the terms cooperation and collaboration in the context of Lean Construction projects.
KW  - Collaboration
KW  - cooperation
KW  - definition
KW  - Lean Construction.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1000/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1000
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -