Cooperation is an effective and important tool especially in creating a favorable environment that enhances productivity. However, in order to enhance cooperation there is need for every individual to know more about one another (Heyne, Boettke, & Prychitko, 2010). Knowing more about each other will enable the parties interacting or cooperating to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each other hence complementing and supplementing in instances or circumstances that are required. In addition, understanding each other’s strengths and weaknesses will enable accurate and effective planning and delegation of duties through division of labor and specialization (Heyne, Boettke, & Prychitko, 2010). Indeed, through deeper understanding of the people within an individual’s environment, one is able to enhance effective cooperation hence ensuring that there is high productivity.
In contrast, in a situation of two family members who are planning to take a vacation together with a situation of motorists who are simultaneously using intersecting streets, it is evident that in the former situation there is no need to understand each other’s abilities, qualities, strengths, and weaknesses since they have anything special to achieve. On the latter situation, the two motorists do not need to know the strengths and weaknesses of each other since they are at an intersecting road. Despite the fact that the motorists understand the rules and regulations of the traffic and they are not going towards the same direction, there is still a need for them to follow the rules and regulations of going through the intersection.
Therefore, it is a good idea for both groups of parties as indicated in this scenario to understand the rules and regulations besides the interests, strengths, and weaknesses of each other (Heyne, Boettke, & Prychitko, 2010). Understanding such strengths and weaknesses will be very significant in ensuring that collective or divergent objectives are attained effective.
Reference
Heyne, P., Boettke, P. J. & Prychitko, D. L. (2010). The Economic Way of Thinking 12 ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
