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Autonomy and cooperation

SKILL: Dealing with complexity, coping with stress and uncertainty, effective time management  / Dealing with complexity

 

EQF LEVEL (INTERNAL REFERENCE): 2

Keywords 

  1. Complexity
  2. Autonomy
  3. Cooperation
  4. Leadership
  5. Team

 

Introduction

By the end of this unit you will understand better the difference between autonomy and cooperation and you will understand how these two concepts are fundamental in managing your personal life and work.

The human being is not a machine, an automaton that works and produces only on the basis of external triggers given by others, but is moved   above all, by internal drives, preferences and  intrinsic motivation. 

 

Individuals, in fact, do not work only  out of fear  of being punished; they  do not work only for "duty", but they have personal motivations, intrinsic to the work itself (the pleasure of doing it, self-realization, the value they produce etc.). These are very effective engines that  push us to action.


Content
Autonomy refers to the amount of freedom and independence that a person has within their job and in the management of their lives. People can be more or less autonomous and spend their time differently in scheduling work and determining procedures.

Cooperation is  the set of actions and efforts that, together with one or more r individuals, we put in place to achieve a common goal.

If motivation in a given context is based on autonomy, and is mixed  with personal goals, values and interests then  ultimately, we -get  intrinsic motivation. Autonomy is associated with higher levels of vitality, energy, health, personal growth, and commitment. This is very different   from the situation where activities are done just because they have to be done, totally on behalf of others, and which  generates stress, tension and discomfort.

 

Cooperation or the strategy of working together using a variety of methods to facilitate the achievement of a goal, such as teamwork, distribution of responsibilities, delegation of tasks, coordinated actions, leads to the same result. 

 

These two factors are key to good performance in all development plans. Increasing the ability to perform a task without constant supervision or approval from a third party is critical. The individual feels willing (motivation) and able (capacity) to regulate their work  themselves, in a responsible, self-regulated and determined way . They feel responsible for themselves and what they do, they are masters of themselves and their range of action.This is  strongly linked to control, another key competence: self-leadership. 

 

Developing one's own and other people's autonomy, maintaining control over oneself and at the same time relinquishing some control over what others do, becomes a real opportunity to improve organizational dynamics, keeping individuals more engaged, retaining talent and at the same time creating the conditions for them to truly express their full potential and make a truly valuable contribution.


Successful cooperation requires not only the choice to cooperate, but above all  good communication skills t which signal to the potential partner the  intention to cooperate. Cooperation among adults  often fails due to the fact that individuals are uncertain of  the importance of their contribution to the situation in hand. . Adults  tend to collaborate more when they have previously established the presence of a common reward or good, whereas they tend to clash when it is necessary to hold on to   an existing resource or goods. 

 

It is the concept of 'convenient interdependence' that is crucial with regard to cooperation. This concept expresses the need to help each other with the aim of survival. It is probably from this ancient and deep-rooted behavior that human beings have found utility in cooperation and not in simple personal success. Help is fundamental. And collaborative help is fruitful in terms of benefits and savings.

 

Final test 

Test 1 (Find the incorrect answers): 

Autonomy 

  1. Improves performance
  2. Reduces stress
  3. Increase accountability
  4. All previous

Test 2 (correct choice) 

Developing autonomy in a context

  1. Improves organizational dynamics
  2. Decreases problem solving skills
  3. Away the talents
  4. Worsens the potential

Test 3 (fill the gap): 

Cooperation ________ because individuals are uncertain about the importance of their effect on the situation in hand 

 

  1. Enhance
  2. Not useful
  3. fails
  4. None of the above

Test 4

Adult individuals tend to cooperate more when they have previously established:

  1. A certain punishment
  2. A common good
  3. A status quo of rewards
  4. A reward



Language Point

 

Read the following sentences:

 

 

 

The phrases in bold, in the above sentences, are ‘Dependent Prepositions’

 

Dependent prepositions are prepositions (in, at, for, about, from…) that depend on or must follow a particular verb, noun, or adjective. In other words, certain verbs, nouns, or adjectives are followed by a specific preposition (some use different prepositions for different meanings)

 

There are no rules to regulate the use of Dependent Prepositions.  Memorisation and controlled practice can help, but perhaps the best way of gaining control over prepositions is through a lot of exposure to authentic language.

 

Some examples of Dependent Prepositions are:

 

with

from

for

satisfied with

different from

famous for

popular with

free from

suitable for

patient with

derived from

sorry for

 

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