This document discusses collaboration and how people collaborate in organizations. It defines collaboration as different groups coming together to achieve a specific task under certain conditions. Some benefits of collaboration include sharing work, building consensus, and problem solving. The document outlines three levels of collaboration capability - collected work involving uncoordinated individual efforts, coordinated work with coordinated individual efforts, and concerted work involving concerted team efforts. It also discusses some common behavioral difficulties in collaboration like domination, lack of focus, and premature decisions. The document emphasizes that though collaboration is difficult and expensive, it is still essential as no one has all the resources, experience, and knowledge to do the job alone.