Jun 5, 2011

Team

Team is a unit of two or more people to work together interdependently and cooperatively who share a mission and the responsibility for working to meet the needs of their customers or audiences accomplishing a purpose and goals. It is a cohesive unit of people who enjoy the privileges of making decision and continuously work to improve the organization, accomplish certain goals.
Team is necessary to solve any type of problem
The team helps to align the organization around the functions; it enhances ability to work toward a common vision. A product development team, an executive leadership team and a departmental team are long lasting planning and operational groups. Short-term teams might include a team to develop an employee on boarding process, a team to plan the annual company party or a team to respond to a specific customer problem or complaint. Teams are created for both long-term and short-term interaction.



Team has been a buzzword not only in corporate world but also in all phases of solving problems. Interact can take on many definitions but the basic premise is there is some benefit by people “interacting” versus individual results. So a team refers to-


A group of people with a specific objective or
A group of people who interact well together

Here is a list of some features related to working collaboratively in a team-
  • Listening
  • Sharing knowledge and reasoning
  • Allowing everyone to contribute
  • Asking questions - making sense of your own understanding
  • Explaining by telling how and why
  • Helping others - by responding to their needs
  • Helping others - to do things for themselves
  • Finding out what others think - asking for, listening to and making sense of their ideas
  • Reflecting on and making use of what has been said
  • Being concise - communicating thinking
  • Giving reasons for ideas - communicating reasoning
  • Pulling ideas together - sharing, listening, valuing all contributions
Some reasons why team is needed:


• To gain accurate, reliable, unbiased, actionable market information
• To make confident, more informed decisions
• To spawn new ideas for growth
• To identify potential new market entrants
• To be more productive


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