What are the benefits of cooperating with people?

Answer 1

Cooperation is the basis of life. If you don't think about it, it doesn't seem like much. Just think about your food, for example. You go to the store to buy a tomato. What if the farmer decided he didn't want to sell tomatoes anymore, or the store decides not to buy them. Both ways each side can be affected and you don't get your tomato. Before people learned to cooperate, it was every man for himself. All anyone could do was hunt for their own food all day. No one could learn how plants grow without depending on someone else to get them food. Without cooperation, people never would have learned to farm, build civilizations, or become educated. In the modern world you have to be able to depend that people will take care of the things you don't have time to do. In business there needs to be someone who is willing to take care of finances, someone to determine what resources are needed, someone to decide which goals to go for, etc. Without cooperation we could easily fall back to the beginning, but without the knowledge or resources for everyone to survive.

Answer 2

There are significant benefits to creating a productive and friendly relationship with colleagues. First and foremost is job satisfaction. It is unlikely that anyone will have job satisfaction if they are unable to communication on a friendly level with their coworkers, whom they must spend time with on a daily basis. Job satisfaction is often linked to job efficacy and production. If someone is unhappy with their employment they are likely to do a poor job and put less effort into their work, which makes it unlikely for them to move up within their company.

Another benefit is being a team player. Often times jobs require employees to work together at some point or another on important tasks for the company, it is difficult to adequately complete these tasks if the employees are unable to work productively together.