Meaning of Team and Teamwork| Benefits from Teamwork

Meaning of  a Team

In a Team there must be four or more people which is generally formed by the manager or the owner of the company with the objective of accomplishment of a particular task that is too large or complex for an individual to complete. 

A team will perform with full efficiency when everyone in a team possesses similar and balanced skills. But it doesn’t mean that everyone in a team has a similar background, diversity in knowledge, views and perspectives, as well as age, can be different. 

These differences have a greater impact on all the team members. Everyone in a team should try to lead in a different environment, it enhances coordination  and cooperation too. As it is to be said, a well defined team pushes an organization towards success. 

Meaning of a Teamwork 

Teamwork is the combined effort of all the team members to perform a particular task with efficiency. Any individual employee not able to perform organizational task actively hence he requires more time to accomplish it but that task is given to a team then there are higher chances to achieve a task at a time with higher efficiency. The benefit from teamwork is when  an organizations Manager allows teamwork to reach at desired result that an individual working alone cannot. 

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Effective communication plays a vital role in team development and harmonious relationships among team members. More communication reduced more confusion. All the team members should have an eagerness towards accomplishment of assigned tasks. Team members should form a team leader who one is accountable for the whole task. 

Although everyone should perform an active part in a team, hence all this work will be done with effective communication and coordination, this will ensure a higher quality output. 

Benefits from Teamwork 

Teamwork provides the benefit to the organization in achieving something that an individual person cannot perform alone. Following points are given below:

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1) Mutual Coordination 

In a team all the members conveying their thoughts and experience which assist their own way in the achievement of goals or objectives by minimizing friction and delays in the organization. Working together generates congenial relationship and a sense of belongingness that boosts overall morale of all the team members. The members in a team should collaborate and take active responsibility for attainment of higher outcomes.

2) Higher Productivity 

Efficient use of natural resources produces more outcomes and the results become that it leads the team members and enhances encouragement and confidence. Trust in team members plays a vital role. It enhances more communication and this enables organizations and management to maintain trust in team members. 

3) Higher Efficiency

Collaborative and Cooperative efforts of all the members in the team generates higher efficiency in their working pattern and ensures overall success. When team members communicate and share a variety of perspectives and solutions to look at multiple angles of a problem they can easily find solutions. 

4) Reward and Motivation 

Social aspects, performance appraisal and rewards motivate all the team members in achieving objectives and this is the factor which motivates and affects their higher degree of performance.

5) Consistent work

Although, managers assign tasks which have to be done within a certain time frame. Here consistency will take place and the team members become responsible for that task. 

Example: A Chief Executive Officer in a college forms a team and assigns a task to research on intermediate passed students of the current year for admission. This process of research takes place until admission closes. Hence, consistency will occur in the attainment of research within a certain time frame. 

6) Enhance Innovation

When employees share their ideas, suggestions, analysis as well as concern freely and open mindedly, this will enhance innovation.

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