Academic Skills Project2: Teamwork, Motivation, and Time Management

ACADEMIC SKILLS
PROJECT 2

Table of Contents.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TEAMWORK..............................................................................................................................3
MOTIVATION ...........................................................................................................................5
TIME MANAGEMENT..............................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills (Ten Braak and et.al., 2019) which includes teamwork, time
management, self-reflection, motivation and critical thinking are an important aspect for the
effective management and administration of work. Whether it is an organisation, business,
school, or daily routine work these skills help to reduce the inefficiency in relation to the work.
In this report, the meaning of each skill will be explained. Further, the importance of the skills
will be elaborated and how these skills will not only help the students in future academics but
also in their professional work. The report will later analyse the impact of these skills on myself.
At the end of this report it will conclude by evaluating that which one of the skill seems to be the
least important and another one which is relatively unimportant.
TEAMWORK
According to Henry Ford, “coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress
and working together is success (Poth, 2019).” In simple words, teamwork is the method to work
together to achieve a common objective together. When the students or group of individuals
work together it will enhance the performance as a team. They create an environment where
everyone is positive, encouraging and motivating. Teamwork is more than achieving group goals
and enhance personal skills.
The theory of teamwork can be tracked back from 1965 which was known as Bruce
Tuckman's Theory. This theory contains five stages and shows the dynamic work from the
beginning to the end of the work. The very first step of the theory is to form the team when the
team members first meet. Storming is the second phase where they try to understand and cause
conflict with each other. The next stage is norming where team start working with each other.
Performing is the next step where mostly work has been done and lastly adjourning is the final
step where team is finally split and the task has been achieved.
Importance of teamwork are:
1. Diverse perspective: With the diverse team, the productivity of the team increases
(Martin and Rees, 2019). Having different skills give rise to provide unique experience
and ideas which they can share between them.