Working in a Team Leads to Greater Success

The essay discusses the concept of teamwork in business organizations and its importance in achieving success. It explores the benefits of effective team work, such as improved relations, increased productivity, and learning opportunities. The essay also highlights the qualities of a leader that contribute to successful teamwork. Overall, it emphasizes the significance of working in a team for long-term success.

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Topic: ‘Working in a team leads to greater success’
The essay brings about the discussion on the concept of the teamwork in context to the
business organisations. The term ‘team-work’ is defined as the willingness of a group to
work together to attain a common goal. This is an important element of the employee
satisfaction, further leading to success of the organisation. It is an important responsibility of
the manager or leaders to practise effective team work. It is the reflection of the topic, which
involves my knowledge, ideas, and understanding acquired from the guest lectures. Thus, the
reflective essay will analyse my viewpoints in respect to the given topic.
Team work is important in organisations as it provides an opportunity to the employees to
create healthy relation with one another. This improves the relations within organisation, and
builds cohesion in the firm, which acts as major strengths leading to success. In my class
lectures, I have learnt the benefits of practising effective team-work, as it helps to
communicate freely, and motivate people in any organisation (Maduka et al., 2018).
Moreover, I have understood that effective team building is the key to high performance of
the organisation. It therefore, enhances the self-esteem of the workers in the organisation,
promoting unity in the workplace. Moreover, I have been taught by our professors, that
team-work facilitates offering varied perspectives of the employees. It also ensures
providing feedback for the work done by people in the organisation. team-work increases
output by providing a quick feedback, and other multiple skill set to support work (Pierre
et al., 2016).
Furthermore, I have understood that practising team-work also improves the efficiency and
productivity of employees in the organisation. It is due to the fact that, work gets shared
amongst people in the organisation, and reduces the pressure or stress. This also leads to
accomplishment of the task or objectives on time, and enhances level of performance.
Therefore, I can state that working in a team is beneficial from the perspective of employees
and managers in the organisation.
Besides, the above-mentioned aspects I learnt that team work promote great learning
opportunities to the individuals. For an instance, an employee can learn or gain new concepts
from the experienced workers or colleagues. It further helps to find new approaches and
better solutions to resolve issues, and attain efficiency in the tasks. This active engagement

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provides learning opportunity and brings innovation within firms to handle their tasks more
effectively.
In our lectures, and sessions I have learnt that team-work builds trust in the organisation,
which creates a feeling of safety. Open communication is the key, attained working in a
team, facilitates in projects. We have also learnt that major implementation and related
outcome of the teamwork is found in the cases of the complex projects. Some other benefits
or elements of teamwork include flexibility, and responsiveness. People in a team have
broader and positive perspective towards the organisational practices, and they respond to the
change. Therefore, teamwork is essential to build coordination and collaboration amongst
individuals in the organisation (Van den Bulcke et al., 2016).
For an example, I have experienced the importance of teamwork in work and the related
benefits in one of our project work given by our professors. A group of five people were
working together in a team, where I hold the responsibility of a leader and other members,
i.e. teammates. In this work group, the project was timely completed, and we attained our
goals as stated by our professor on time. This was possible just because of the coordination,
and collaboration and rational decision-making in the organisation.
During this project, I recognised and became aware of some of the vital skills and abilities of
the leader essential to attain better teamwork and success. These skills and qualities are
important to lead employees or followers and influence their behaviour in the
An effective team leader has number of traits or qualities to better lead their team, and attain
success. A clear communicator, strong organisation skills, confidence, integrity, and
willingness to delegate the authority or power are some of the qualities that lead to success.
Therefore, these aspects determined effective leadership or leaders in an organisation lead to
success. Our professors, and lectures were mainly focused upon developing the
understanding qualities of a leader, facilitating team work and growth of the organisation.
(Grubenmann Stephanie, 2018).
I agree with the above-mentioned statement that ‘working in a team leads to great success.
Teamwork generates the greater performance rather than the sum of the performance of the
organisation. The organisation receives benefit in terms of increased efficiency, and assists
them in conflict management or resolution.

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A concept of team dynamics has been also facilitated by working together in a team. Team
dynamics defines the psychological forces, which tends to influence the efforts or direction of
the team towards attaining a common purpose or goal (O'Neill, Thomas and Eduardo, 2018).
Effective teamwork in the organisation, changes the perspectives of employees towards
organisation. They work with their full potential and enhance their existing capabilities to
perform their roles and responsibilities in the organisation (Macdonald et al., 2018).
Furthermore, it develops in them consistency towards their work, and hold accountability
towards their managers. Effective or positive team dynamics is the major contributing factor
to successful decision-making and work outcomes. Therefore, this one another factor
determines the working together in a team leads to success (O'Neill, Thomas and Matthew
JW, 2018). Working with people reduces the risk or issues related to the work for managers,
and enhance their managerial capabilities. This enables managing the resources in the
organisation, and increases employee productivity and, reduces turnover (Salas et al., 2015).
To conclude the above discussion it has been analysed that ‘effective communication and
work relationships’ which promotes team-work. Working together in a team creates a
positive work atmosphere and supports the members of the team enhancing performance.
The essay has described the concept of teamwork, and qualities of a leader that directs the
individual efforts to a common goal or purpose. Furthermore, I have learnt and mentioned
the concept of team dynamics and the association with the improved performance of the
team. Hence, I agree with the statement that working together with people in a team leads to
success in the long term.

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