Colleagues vie with each other for preferment, yet must collaborate closely to fend off competition from without.

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The plan was to work with two different crews but to collaborate closely.

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The panel did express considerable surprise at the fact that the unit did not collaborate closely with professional statisticians.

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The Harry Potter author will "collaborate closely" on the adaptation which is expected to air on BBC One in 2014.

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The need to transform the business model will lead CMOs to break internal walls and collaborate closely with the chief information officer and the chief technology officer as data becomes the most important resource.

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During project formulation and implementation, UNESCO-IHP will collaborate closely with a wide variety of partners - representing all stakeholders at all levels having strong experience in groundwater governance - which will join the Permanent Consultation Mechanism (PCM).

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Nokia and Microsoft will closely collaborate on development, joint marketing initiatives and a shared development roadmap to align on the future evolution of mobile products.

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This means that all media team employees are required to complete customer service training to ensure they are well-prepared to handle anything a customer throws at them, internal departments such as marketing, legal and investor relations are expected to closely collaborate and most importantly, all employees are given the opportunity to contribute content.

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