Teamwork

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The positive result of team-work are very obvious. They produce an effect called SYNERGY - meaning that the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts: that a few people working together can produce more shoes per person, through specialisation, etc. than one person working at it alone.

A team is a group of people working toward specific objectives in given operational situation. Teams must have purpose, know that the individual and organisational objectives are. This is followed by the question of how they fit into the organisational structure, the type of power they possess, their clear plan of duties and responsibilities and the people who are to be members of it.

Texas Instuments Malaysia have teams with revolving leadership, Sharp has urgent development project teams which have their own budgets, recruit their own people, purchase their own equipment. Normally, Sharp streams have a life span of eighteen months. Their objective - the team is to identify potential for technological development.

Small workgroups, between four to twenty people, can have responsibility to manage their day-to-day job functions. Team members can set their own goals, share workload and engage in cross training. Self-directed teams operate with little supervision and can make important decisions. High performance, cutting wastage, etc.

Building group team spirit and working towards enhanced results is one of the major function in management. Excellent companies, inevitably, posses, superior team spirit and owesome work.

TeamWork

Coming Together is a Beginning
Keeping Together is Progress
Working Together is Success

A Team
.....a group of people with complimentary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

TeamWork
Working together ordinari people can perform extraordinary feats.
They can lift things a little higher and a little further towards greater heights.

Indicators of Poor Teamworks

Lack of open disagreement
Failure to share information
Conflicts within the team
Low commitment
Tension and stress
High employee turnover
Increased absenteeism

Indicators of Good Teamwork

Open communication
Open disagreement
Productive meetings
Low tension and stress
Low staff turnover
Few complaints or grievances

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