 A team is a small group of people with

complementary skills, who work actively

together to achieve a common purpose for
which they hold themselves collectively
accountable
 Teams are one of the major forces behind
revolutionary changes in contemporary
organizations.
 Team typically outperform individuals.
 Team use employee talents better.
 Team are more flexible and responsive to
changes in the environment.
 Teams facilitate employee involvement.
 Teams are an effective way to democratize an
organization and increase motivation.
 Problem-solving teamwork

 Functional teamwork

 Self managed teamwork

 Cross functional teamwork

 Virtual teamwork
 Effectiveness of teamwork
Effectiveness of a team have several characteristics:

Clear goals: clear goals are critical to ensure that

the team is heading in the same direction

Defined roles: team members must have a clear

idea of what their roles are
Effective decision making: its an essential to a
team’s progress. Teams must have a grasp of
various decisions making methods

Valued diversity: a diversity of thinking ideas,

methods, experiences and opinions helps to
create a high performance team
When company needs team work

 Reduced stress levels

 Reduce the risk
 Stay focused
 Better ideas
 Sincerity
key skills needed in teamwork

 Listening
 Sacrifice
 Sharing
 Communication
 Language
 Hard work
 Pesuade
Reasons for team building
 Improving communication
 Making the workplace more enjoyable
 Motivating a team
 Getting to know each other
 Getting everyone "onto the same page",
including goal setting
 Teaching the team self-regulation
strategies
 Helping participants to learn more about
themselves (strengths and weaknesses)
 Identifying and utilizing the strengths of
team members
 Improving team productivity
 Practicing effective collaboration with team
members
 Types of team building

 Communication exercise
 Problem Solving/Decision Making Exercise
 Planning/Adaptability Exercise
 Trust Exercise
 team development stages
 Forming
 Storming
 Norming
 Performing
 Transforming
 Ending
 Characteristics of good
team members
1. Trusts, support for other team members.
2. Encourages the development of other members
3. Work through conflicts openly
4. Understands and committed to team objectives.
5. Involves others in decision making processes.

"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the
greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play
together, the club won't be worth a dime."
-- Babe Ruth
 Managing a Team / An
effective manager
 Motivating team
 Developing team
 Communicating with the team members
 Managing discipline
 Solving different conflicts

e.g. management of Ian Bottom and Sir alex

ferguson.
ADVANTAGES OF TEAMWORK

 Level Of Effort .
 Satisfaction of members.
 Expand Job Knowledge And Skills.
 Teams Make High Quality Decisions.
 Teams increase productivity.
 Organizational flexibility.
ADVANTAGES OF TEAMWORK

 Teams Improve Communication.

 Teams make better use of resources.
 Better understanding and acceptance of
the final decision.
 Shared Responsibility Willing To Take More
Risk.
DISADVANTAGES OF TEAM WORK

 Time Consuming.
 Power Realign- ment.
 Free riding.
 Disagreements
May Delay Decisions
& Cause Hard
Feelings.
 Recognition Of Individual’s
Strengths And Effort Is Lost.
DISADVANTAGES OF TEAM WORK

 The Frequent Lack Of

Concentration Because Of Chat.
 Time Consuming In
Decision Making.
 One Or Two Members
May Dominate Discussion.