Question

Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way.

CDQ#6: Describe your experience with teamwork. Do you think teamwork is essential in today’s way of doing business? What makes a team successful? what makes a team poor?

Answer 1

In my experience working in a team will produce more outcome.I did a lot in a team than performing tasks individually.
I was part of a team responsible for selecting a new supplier for our office equipment and machineries. The inter department team scrutinized an option from a large number of suppliers by comparing their services and prices.
We was in trouble because each member in team suggested a different supplier. For this we held a meeting and decided to select a supplier by voting. Every one attented in meeting ultimately voted on a supplier. That supplier has now been working successfully for our company for years.

Elements necessary to create a productive team involves:

• Communication

Communication is the most effective thing which ensures that everyone has the same information. Proper communication in team helps to build trust among members. Offering encouragements help a team to go along way.
A good communication help to get best of the team .

• Delegation

A team can't win without proper delegation . Works should be delegated according to the stength and weakness of team member. Proper allocation of task helps to bring harmony in group.

• Support

Strong team environment act as a supporting system for team members. Team members should work to improve their own performances as well as their colleagues . Building trust and reliance on each other is necessary for facing complex situations.

Things which lead to the poor performance of team:

• Undefined roles

when a leader put his staff on team and ask to solve a problem, it's necessary to clearly define task for each and every individual. Undefind role makes a team rigid.
If the team members are not clear about their role, they are more likely to do what others are doing.

• Bad attitude among members

Attitude is more important in a team. If one or more persons of the team has a bad attitude, this can be affected to all others of the team. This will not help the team to achieve their goals .

• Undefined business goals

The members who don't know about the goals that need to be attained will not work hard. Leader need to explain the goals in clear and concise term. Employees may work hard if they know for what they are working for.

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