TY - CONF TI - Defining Cooperation and Collaboration in the Context of Lean Construction C1 - Oslo, Norway C3 - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 1269 EP - 1280 PY - 2014 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 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. PB - T2 - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2014/06/25 CY - Oslo, Norway L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1000/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1000 N1 - Export Date: 24 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -