106 Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry
Social cooperation. This is the type of cooperation effected by the social rela-
tionship between two groups. The prevailing social relationship motivates
cooperation that may be useful in getting the project work done.
Legal cooperation. Legal cooperation is the type of cooperation that is
imposed through some authoritative requirement. In this case, the partici-
pants may have no choice other than to cooperate.
Administrative cooperation. This is cooperation brought on by administra-
tive requirements that make it imperative that two groups work together on
a common goal.
Associative cooperation. This type of cooperation may also be referred to as
collegiality. The level of cooperation is deter ...