Fundamentals of Team Development for High Performance

Team Effectiveness

Definition of team
• Team according to the oxford dictionary refers to people coming
together or working together in order to achieve some common
goals.
• According to Cambridge, team refers to a group of people working
together properly or even all the actions of a group that can help in
achieving some common goals (Dictionary.cambridge.org 2019).
• According to the Webster, team refers to the work done by
associates individually and subordinating their personal
prominence for the benefit as a whole (Merriam-webster.com
2019).
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Definition of team effectiveness
• The degree to which an activity has been successful in
becoming successful is called effectiveness as per
oxford dictionary.
• Producing an effect that was decided or desired or an
activity that is attractive is effectiveness as per Webster.
• According to Cambridge, effectiveness refers to the
ability to produce the desired results and to be
successful.