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In the business environment nearly all individuals with in an organizational will belong to one or more groups or teams. A team is a set of people with a range of different skills who will ideally have objectives that contribute to the overall corporate strategy of the business.
Completing an Challenge project is time consuming and intellectually challenging. When several people use their skills and knowledge together, the result should be a better project. People working together can sustain the enthusiasm and lend support needed to complete the project.
Why Teams?
How do Teams Work Best?Teams succeed when members have:Commitment to common objectives;Defined roles and responsibilities;Effective decision systems, communication and work procedures; and,Good personal relationships.
Increased flexibility in skills and abilities.More productive than work groups with individual mindset.More beneficial in times of organizational change.Encourage both individual and team development and improvement.Focuses on group goals to accomplish more beneficial tasks.
The overall goals of team building are to increase the teams understanding of team dynamics and improve how the team works together. Unlike working as a group, working as a team incorporates group accountability rather than individual accountability and results in a collective work product. Team building encourages the team approach to working on a project. There are many advantages to this approach. These advantages include the following:
Stages in Team Building
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The team must receive external support and encouragement.The team must have a clear goal.The team must have a collaborative climate.The team must have high standards that are understood by all.The team must have a result-driven structure.The team must have competent team members.The team must have unified commitment.The team must have principal leadership.
Importance of Team and Team Work
Teams are formed when individuals with a common taste, preference, liking, and attitude come and work together for a common goal.
No organization runs for charity.
Targets must be met and revenues have to be generated. Tasks must not be kept pending for a long time and ought to be completed within the desired timeframe. A single brain can’t always come with solutions or take decisions alone.
Tasks are accomplished at a faster pace when it is done by a team rather than an individual.
An individual will definitely take more time to perform if he is single handedly responsible for everything. When employees work together, they start helping each other and responsibilities are shared and thus it reduces the work load and work pressure.
Work never suffers or takes a backseat in a team.
Mike was taking care of an important client and was the only one coordinating with them. Mike took a long leave and there was no one else who could handle the client in his absence. when he came back company had already lost the client.
There is always a healthy competition among the team members.
Competition is always good for the employee as well as the organization as every individual feels motivated to perform better than his other team member and in a way contributing to his team and the organization.
In the work environment almost everybody within the workplace is likely to be a member of one or more teams. These can be formal or informal teams. Efficient team-working can transform the workplace. It can help create clear open channels of communication, improve productivity, help keep morale high and provide individuals with a sense of identity and purpose.
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