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group

Definitions (2)

1. A collection ofindividuals who have regularcontact and frequent interaction, mutualinfluence,

common feeling of camaraderie, and who work together to achieve a common set ofgoals.

What is a Team?

A team is a group of people coming together to collaborate. This collaboration is to reach a

shared goal or task for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. A group of people isnot necessarily a team. A team is a group of people with a high degree of interdependence geared

towards the achievement of a common goal or completion of a task rather than just a group for

administrative convenience. A group, by definition, is a number of individuals having someunifying relationship.

Team members are deeply committed to each other's personal growth and success. Thatcommitment usually transcends the team. A team outperforms a group and outperforms all

reasonable expectations given to its individual members. That is, a team has a synergisticeffectone plus one equals a lot more than two.

Shared Mental Models

Team members not only cooperate in all aspects of their tasks and goals, they share in what aretraditionally thought of as management functions, such as planning, organizing, setting

performance goals, assessing the team's performance, developing their own strategies to managechange, and securing their own resources.

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These shared mental models or knowledge structures allows each teammate to generatepredictions and expectations about their teammates' roles and task demands, which in turn, allow

them to make adjustments in order to maintain effective team performance (Cannon-Bowers,Salas, & Converse, 1993).

Major Benefits of Teams

1. Teams maximizes the organization's human resources. Each member of the team iscoached, helped, and led by all the other members of the team. A success or failure is felt

by all members, not just the individual. Failures are not blamed on individual members,which gives them the courage to take chances. Successes are felt by every team member,

this helps them to set and achieve bigger and better successes. In addition, failure isperceived as a learning lesson.

2. A Team's output is superior, even when the odds are not in its favor. This is due to thesynergistic effect of a teama team can normally outperform a group of individuals.

3. There is continuous improvement. No one knows the job, tasks, and goals better than theindividual team members. To get real change, you need their knowledge, skills, andabilities. When they pull together as a team, they will not be afraid to show what they cando. Personal motives will be pushed to the side to allow the team motive to succeed.

TEAM WORK

Teamworkis work performed by a team towards a common goal.

In a business setting accounting techniques may be used to provide financial measures of thebenefits of teamwork which are useful for justifying the concept.[1]

In health care teamwork has been defined as:

a dynamic process involving two or more healthcare professionals with complementarybackgrounds and skills, sharing common health goals and exercising concerted physical

and mental effort in assessing, planning, or evaluating patient care.[2]

Teamwork is increasingly advocated by health care policy makers as a means of assuring quality

and safety in the delivery of services.[3]

[edit] Teamwork activities

A challenge for leaders of groups of people, such as in a work department, is to get everyone topull together and function as a team instead of going in separate directions. One way to foster

teamwork is to engage the members in activities that require them to work together. Activitiescan be physical in nature or require the use of team brain power to solve a problem. Fun

activities such as sports or games can allow the team members to relax and enjoy working withone another.

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y Social Activities: Part of the challenge of developing teamwork is to get team members tobecome comfortable with each other. Informal social activities allow the team members

to relax and have fun while developing the rapport necessary to function as a unit.Examples of social activities include team sports such as volleyball or bowling or a group

picnic, where everyone is responsible for a task such as bringing food or planning a

game.

y Charitable Endeavours: Working together for a charitable cause builds teamwork andgives the participants a good feeling from working together. An example of a teamcharitable activity is planning and organizing an event like a walk or run to raise money

or a bake sale that promotes a cause.

y Workplace Activities: Because teamwork is important to a productive and healthy workenvironment, teamwork activities should be a part of the workplace. Possible activities

include job swapping, where workers swap jobs with each other to develop empathy. Italso requires workers to help each other to learn the jobs. Another idea is to start a team

newsletter that provides the latest information on activities and accomplishments of theteam members.

y Projects: Projects require that team members work together to achieve a common goal.Projects can involve activities like putting puzzles together or cleaning up or rebuilding a

property. Projects typically involve assigning each team member a specific task that he isresponsible for completing, which helps to develop trust within the team.

y Outdoor Activities: If members of the team are relatively fit, outdoor activities are a wayfor the team to get away from the "normal" environment. Activities such as camping,hiking, mountain biking or whitewater rafting allow the team members to relax while

enjoying the fresh air, and the sense of being "away from it all" can lead to bondingwithin the team.

y What is Teamwork?y Teamwork is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as "a joint action by a group of

people, in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions tothe unity and efficiency of the group." This does not mean that the individual is no longer

important; however, it does mean that effective and efficient teamwork goes beyondindividual accomplishments. The most effective teamwork is produced when all the

individuals involved harmonize their contributions and work towards a common goal.

Advantage:

- more information and knowledge is focused on the issue- A greater number and diversity of alternatives can be developed

- better understanding and acceptance of the final decision

- members develop knowledge and skills for future use

- shared responsibility - willing to take more risks

Disadvantage:

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- time consuming

- disagreements may delay decisions and cause hard feelings

- one or two group members may dominate discussion

- many ideas may be forgotten if no note taking. Anonymous