Team Working Discuss And Management

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Essay Topic- Team-working helps to obscure domination-Discuss
Introduction
The essay throws light in analyzing the role of teamwork in obscuring the domination of
the team members or the higher authorities present in the company. As commented by Reuter,
Berndt and Timm (2017), the teamwork is considered to be the collaborative effort of the
different groups for achieving the common goal or complete the task in the most effective
manner. The main aim and purpose of the essay is to understand the different positive aspects of
the leadership and teamwork in the achievement of the goals in a successful manner. With the
help of different examples of various leaders, it will be helpful for understanding the topic in a
much detailed manner.
Discussion
As commented by Oeij (2017), the teamwork environment helps in promoting the
atmosphere which is capable of fostering the friendship as well as loyalty. These are the different
close knit relationships which motivate the employees in parallel as well as aligning them to
work in a harder manner and become supportive of one another. Moreover, as opined by Donia,
O'Neill and Brutus (2018), the unity is the critical element which is important as it allows the
team to run like the well-oiled machine and achieve high level of success. Therefore, it is the
duty of the senior management officials to breed unity and encourage the high level of
collaboration and it will be making them with ensuring the fact that the team will be working
together and not against one another.
However, as commented by Logan (2016), there are situations wherein it has been
noticed that the leaders such as CEOs or the other management officials try to dominate the team

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members in performing the different aspects as per their demand. Due to the same, it impacts the
performance of the company and when there is difficulty in achieving the effective outcomes, it
will be impacting the growth prospects of the company as a whole. For instance- In case of
Apple Inc Company, during the leadership phase of Steve Jobs, he used to dictate the different
team members while performing the different tasks and it was called the autocratic leadership
approach which impacted the team performance. There was high level of turnover among
employees at a certain phase as there was no such value provided to the opinions of the
employees. It affected their morale and it was creating domination (Lantz Friedrich, Sjöberg and
Friedrich 2016).
The respective situation of Apple Inc can be improved through the inclusion of Belbin
Theory of team roles wherein the main aspect that is noticed is that coordinator, specialist and
implementer are the crucial roles that are needed to be implemented for improving the progress
of the company (Cahill, Hurley and Caughan 2018). The leaders such as Steve Jobs or the new
CEO Tim Cook needs to be playing as the effective team worker that will be helping the team in
gelling with one another and achieve the goals. It will be suitable for the team in generating and
showcasing the versatility that will be suitable for the company in achieving the goals on the
behalf of the teams.
From the instance of Apple Inc Company, the main aspect which has been noticed that
due to the bad leadership, it impacted the team performance of the individuals and there was high
falls in the level of productivity. As commented by Khawam, DiDona and Hernández (2017),
teamwork have the capability in making the dream work, however, it can become a huge
challenge. Especially, the good kind of teamwork is related to the connecting with themselves
which will be able to generate the goals in a successful manner. According to Hastie (2018), the

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team chemistry is highly essential in the office, in such scenario, the poor leadership can be
leading to the breakdown of the team altogether which leads to the turnover rate to more than
90%. It reduces the productivity and weakens the bottom line.
On the other hand, as described by Donia, O'Neill and Brutus (2018), the proper team
work helps in obscuring the domination in achieving the successful results in the future. The
teamwork and the contribution of every employee will be leading to the end goals which will be
beneficial in attaining the desired goals and improve the performance of the company and
employees’ morale will be improved. For instance- In case of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has always
followed the transformational leadership in managing his team members successfully. In
Amazon, the employees while working in the groups prefers to take into note the different
opinions of the different employees which helps them in fostering the effective business
environment in an appropriate manner.
The instance of Amazon has been helpful for making the audiences understand that
teamwork is one of the critical elements that will be appropriate for creating the healthy
competition among one another. As commented by Cahill, Hurley and Caughan (2018), the
strong level of team work will be able to promoting the strong working relationships and it will
be obscuring the different domination of one single employees.
The culturally and positively diverse working environment is the main element which is
needed to be implemented by the companies for taking and accepting the opinions of everyone
and making them feel that they are included in the process. In the example of Amazon, the main
aspect which has been seen is that the opinions of employees are taken into consideration and it
helped them in understanding the fact that teamwork is the key to success.

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With the application of the Tuckman’s Five Stages Group Development Model, the same
aspect of Amazon can be achieved as in this, the team members are capable of understanding and
knowing one another and gain competitive advantage. The five stages can be worked in the
following manner for improving the teamwork:
Forming- As commented by Donia, O'Neill and Brutus (2018), in the respective stage,
high level of guidance is needed which will be capable of making the individuals understand the
roles in a successful manner as the individual roles are unclear in the respective stage.
Storming- The team members or the groups try to understand how the decisions are being
made and the purpose is clear and the relationships are still blurry in the respective aspect.
Norming- In the respective stage, the relationships are established in a well and proper
manner which will be beneficial in improcing the growth prospects of the company as a whole.
There is high level of commitment towards the achievement of the goals that will be suitable for
the company’s success.
Performing- According to Hastie (2018), the team is being committed towards
performing well and the focus has been highly strategic in nature.
Adjourning- While the project ends, there will be cordial relationship between the team
members which will be beneficial in generating success.
As opined by Alghamdi and Bach (2018), the supporting and cooperating with one
another is the major element that is needed to be included in the teamwork for obscuring the
domination of one single team member of the autocratic leaders such as managers or CEOs of
the companies. There can be inclusion of proper training and development as well as usage of the

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Maslow’s Needs Theory which will be capable of attaining the goals in a successful manner.
Through the incorporation of the Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory, the different kinds of
requirements of employees are being analyzed which will be making the teamwork highly
successful. Through the training and development, it will be making the team mates learn from
one another and there will be faster innovation. As described by Algashami et al. (2018), there
are countless solutions for one problem and in order to solve the same, there can be opinions
which can be combined and the most effective solution can be attained. The multiple
perspectives and experiences and skill sets can be used at once which will be delivering the
growth of the company as a whole. The initiating a team is different from dominating a team as
offering ideas and possible solutions can be received through taking initiative in managing the
different tasks successfully. However, on the other hand, as opined by
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that teamwork is helpful in obscuring the domination
which is only possible with the help of effective and transformational leadership style. The good
leadership is the key element that is needed to be implemented by the companies while working
in the teams which will be capable of improving the performance of the team and company as a
whole. The obscuring of the domination is highly essential as teamwork involves the viewpoints
and participation of the different employees which will be capable of achieving the positive
outcomes. In case of failure, all the employees will be included in the process and it is the main
aspect which is needed to be followed through the usage of the proper leadership approaches in a
successful manner.

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