Creating collaborations: from isolationism to community

The focus of this work is on the theories that explicate the possibilities of collaboration from the perspective of the participants.

The paper is based on the literature and the author's own experiences and knowledge.

Finds that successful change is characterized by changes in people: in the way they think and act due to and within particular organizational structures and in the way they interact with the world outside those structures.

Gives advice on the steps that need to be taken to gain support with collaboration in organizations and to be able to identify resistance to it.