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Importance of Team Work in the Workplace Essay

   

Added on  2020-10-22

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INDIVIDUAL ESSAY(Importance of team work in the workplace)
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Definition of teamwork...............................................................................................................1Difference between team and group...........................................................................................1Difference types of teams............................................................................................................2Importance of teamwork.............................................................................................................2Productivity.................................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTIONTeamwork is defined as the combination and ability of a group of individuals workingcollectively in order to attain a common objective or task (Ghaferi and Dimick, 2016). Presentstudy is based on Tesco ,It was found in 1919 (by Jack Cohen) and in the present scenario ,Tescois on of the largest retailer in the world. Tesco's key business is retailing in United Kingdom,which provides the company with 60% of all the sales and profits. Tesco provides the widestrange of food products in UK compared to any other retailer. The study contains a briefdefinition of teamwork, further it will discuss difference between team and group, different typesof teams, importance of teamwork and how teamwork increase the productivity level in Tesco.MAIN BODYDefinition of teamworkTeamwork can be defined as an activity or combined actions of a group of interdependentindividuals working together in a team in order to achieve a common objective. The members ofa team required should be of adequate size I.e. of about 6-8 members. The success of anorganisation is depending upon an effective teamwork. There should be a high level ofinterdependency among the team members, which promotes open communication between themembers, increase of trust and risk-taking (Gustavsson, 2016). Interdependency leads to groupdynamics, which is the way of interaction between the team members. Healthy dynamics providehigher satisfaction level and leads to more efficient working all together. Difference between team and groupTeam is generally considered as a group of individuals collectively working to attain acommon objective in the most effective and efficient way whereas Group is a collection ofindividuals working together to complete a task. A team required more than one team leader forthe functioning of the team and A group required only one leader. The members in a team areinterdependent whereas in a group, the members are independent (Tseng, Morris and Tang,2015). In a team ,the work or the objective is discussed ,decided and then done but in a group thetask is discussed ,decided and then delegated to the members. The focus of a team is toaccomplish team goals and for a group the focus is on accomplishing individual goals as teammembers share a common cause or goal and group may not share a common goal. In a team, allthe members are aware of each other's weaknesses and strengths whereas in a group membersmay not know each other. As far as productivity is concerned it is large in team due to collective1
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