Team Work and Motivation

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Team Work and Motivation
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Working as a team has its own advantages and disadvantages. When the teams are
successful they result in improved productivity, employee engagement, creativity and job
security but when they are at their worst, they are frustrating and at the same time are
unproductive as well. They would then waste everyone’s time. This paper is going to elaborate
on a brief discussion about some of the pros and cons of working as a team in the workplace and
would recommend the use of team as a potential strategy to improve the organisational
production and progress. Furthermore, this paper would also elaborate on discussing about how
the company (Sunflower Foods) should approach the staff motivation in order to improve
engagement and morale of the staffs working there. Lastly, it shall shed light on the key elements
that are associated with driving the effective strategic change that is associated with the strategy
of team work.
Discussion
1. The pros and cons of using teams and your recommendations of it as a potential strategy
As in everything, there are several advantages and disadvantages of working as a team or
a group. Not all the situations could work in favour and this is particularly true if a team consists
of individuals belonging from different cultural backgrounds and possess different knowledge
and skill levels. Even people on the same wavelength could sometimes find something to debate
and argue about. There are many people who find themselves preferring to work individually
rather than working as a group as because of the feelings of lost productivity. Other risks that are
can be associated with team work are that of the feeling of people being competitive instead of

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being cooperative. At that time, a person might be left with no choice but to work in a team.
Team work is a part of every business environment and it is considered to be an approach that
the companies make use of in order to attain their goals and to compete with certain products in
the market or with certain projects. It becomes very difficult to convince different personalities
to share a common goal.
To begin with the cons of team work at first, it is to state that in a team, there is almost
always someone who rarely does anything but still reaps equal accomplishments and advantages
that are earned by the entire group. As no one like such free riders, in some cases, this may result
in conflicts and arguments among the group members. Actively gaining the reward for absolutely
no efforts could result in a task that would not complete on right time. Furthermore, free riding is
somewhat different from the issue of social loafing that refers to the reduced effort of an
employee as his potential and abilities are not being taken into consideration and are neglected
and overlooked. It is easier to remedy the issue of social loafing than the free riding. The
members who have something to share but still are not sharing could be motivated and
encouraged in order to take part through making it clear that all the opinions of their would be
valued and everyone would get the chance to make their contribution in the task. Moreover, one
of the other cons of teamwork includes that of the loss of resources. It might seem a bit
contradictory with the benefits of more ideas that are being shared but there are some cases when
a team spend more time in planning and organising the whole thing without really getting
anywhere. In order to avoid such situation to take place, it is very important that the team
members introduce themselves as well as their strengths to the entire team. It would make it
easier to make a decision on the sub-tasks and jobs that would be allocated. While the process of
brainstorming, each and everyone must be given with an opportunity for speaking and making