In the very first blog, I have spoken about "collaboration". "Symbiosis" is a related term which means "living together of unlike Organisms". When applied to people, everyone is unique, but we live in communities, sometime asserting "Individuality", sometimes coming together as "brethren".
In management parlance, the relationships between two parties are classified as:
Win/Win : Both Parties win (Mutually beneficial Relationship)
Win/Lose : One party wins, the other loses (Exploitative Relationship)
Lose/Lose : Both are parties lose (Total productivity, Net-Net gain is negative, hence deemed that fatal for the ecosystem )
But, when I recently chanced upon "Symbiosis" while checking out a Biology textbook, I thought another dimension needs to be added to qualify relationships....based on the outcomes. Here they are :
Mutualism : Any relationship between individuals where both individuals derive a benefit.
Commensalism : A relationship between two living organisms where one benefits and the other is not significantly harmed or helped
Parasitism : A relationship is one in which one member of the association benefits while the other is harmed.
Mutualism can be attributed to a Win/Win relationship and Parasitism can be attributed to Win/Lose scenarios. The dimensions that can not be mapped directly are Commensalism and Lose/Lose. In Biology, Lose/Lose is not discussed because, it can not exist, if an ecology needs to survive. Lose/Lose unique to Human relationships ( because of developed intelligence and ego).
Commensalism is also unique to Biological world, if it were to be translated to the human relationship, the benefactor needs to be a Saint or a Philanthropist. In a world where deprivation and "abundance mindset is in short supply, commensalism is a distant thought in general Human relationships.
But, understanding of these two realms also gives us a sense of how we need to evolve in harmony with Nature.
In management parlance, the relationships between two parties are classified as:
Win/Win : Both Parties win (Mutually beneficial Relationship)
Win/Lose : One party wins, the other loses (Exploitative Relationship)
Lose/Lose : Both are parties lose (Total productivity, Net-Net gain is negative, hence deemed that fatal for the ecosystem )
But, when I recently chanced upon "Symbiosis" while checking out a Biology textbook, I thought another dimension needs to be added to qualify relationships....based on the outcomes. Here they are :
Mutualism : Any relationship between individuals where both individuals derive a benefit.
Commensalism : A relationship between two living organisms where one benefits and the other is not significantly harmed or helped
Parasitism : A relationship is one in which one member of the association benefits while the other is harmed.
Mutualism can be attributed to a Win/Win relationship and Parasitism can be attributed to Win/Lose scenarios. The dimensions that can not be mapped directly are Commensalism and Lose/Lose. In Biology, Lose/Lose is not discussed because, it can not exist, if an ecology needs to survive. Lose/Lose unique to Human relationships ( because of developed intelligence and ego).
Commensalism is also unique to Biological world, if it were to be translated to the human relationship, the benefactor needs to be a Saint or a Philanthropist. In a world where deprivation and "abundance mindset is in short supply, commensalism is a distant thought in general Human relationships.
But, understanding of these two realms also gives us a sense of how we need to evolve in harmony with Nature.
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