Benefits of Team Working and Advantages of Working in a Team

This report explains the benefits of team working and why is it advantageous to work in a team. It discusses how teamwork promotes creativity, learning, effective decision making, and a sense of ownership. It also highlights who benefits from team working.

Team Working

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................3
Benefits of Team Working......................................................................................................................3
Why is it advantageous to work in a team?..............................................................................................3
Who benefits?..........................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................6
Appendix....................................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Teamwork can be defined as an effort that is collectively made by a group of people in
order to achieve a shared goal in an efficient and effective manner (Abbasi and et. al., 2016). A
teamwork environment promotes a loyalty as well as sense of belongingness among the
employees of the company. Also, they get a chance to enhance their network and strengthen
skills. This report explains the benefits of team working and why is it advantageous to work in a
team.
MAIN BODY
Benefits of Team Working
Many companies today encourage team working in their workplace and there are many
benefits of the same which are explained below –
 Promotes Creativity and Learning – Working as part of a team promotes creativity as
well as learning among the employees. This will also encourage them to come up with
creative solutions to a particular problem (6 Benefits of Teamwork in the Workplace,
2020). Also, they can share knowledge within the workplace and learn new effective
skills that will be beneficial for their careers in the future as well.
 Sense of Ownership – Projects that are carried out in teams promotes a sense of
ownership among the employees. This is because the employees contribute their ideas in
the completing the project (Bennett, Gadlin and Marchand, 2018). Also, it is not only
beneficial for the employees but also for the employers. The employees become loyal to
the company and are also highly satisfied with their jobs as goals are achieved efficiently.
 Effective Decision Making – One of the other benefits of team working is that it also
encourages effective decision-making among the members. This is because they get a
chance to decide what is good for the project and what is not. Also, the members help
each other to focus on the progress of the work. Along with this, they also learn different
ways of approaching a problem.
Why is it advantageous to work in a team?
It is very advantageous to work in a team because it allows brainstorming and a s a result
more creative and effective ideas are developed. This further leads to an increase in the overall

productivity of the employees. Team members get an opportunity to learn new skills and share
knowledge with each other. An increased number of companies are promoting teamwork in their
workplace because this eliminates the issue of absenteeism among the employees of the
company. Also, employees that work in different departments get a chance to communicate with
each other in an effectively. Due to this, the overall performance of the company as well as team
members will improve.
As per the viewpoint of Anna C., two or more people are always better than a single
person solving a specific problem (Getting Work Done: In Groups and Alone, 2020). Also,
everyone possesses skills and techniques that are unique to them. So, when a group of people
come together to work upon a particular project in an organization, they can come up with
different unique and innovative ideas. This is not only beneficial for the company but
individually for them as well. The reason behind this is that employees within the group get to
learn different things from each other and there is an overall increase in the productivity of the
company.
Who benefits?
A team is a group of people who have different strengths, who come together in order to
complete a task in an effective manner. Working in a team is beneficial not only for the company
but all the people who are a part of it (Olaisen and Revang, 2017). The employees or the
members of the group are the most that benefit the most for working as part of a team. Their
overall levels of productivity increase as the workload is equally shared among all the team
members. Also, the work is distributed according to the strengths as well as skill level of the
members. Therefore, due to this, the tasks are completed effectively and well within time.
Besides the employees of the company, the company as well as the managers are also
benefited. This is because they can evaluate the overall performance of an employee based on
their individual contribution as well as the complete output of the project. Whereas the overall
productivity as well as performance of the company increases (Procter and Radnor, 2017).
During difficult times, a team can help the company to perform in an enhanced way. Apart from
this, the customers of the company will also be benefited because their needs will be satisfied
and expectations will be met. Therefore, these are the people who will be benefited from team
work.

CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that team working is an important aspect for
all companies because it helps in improving the overall productivity as well as performance of
the company. Also, the employees get a chance to learn new skills and share knowledge with
each other.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Abbasi, A.N. and et. al., 2016. Multidisciplinary team tumour boards are a lifeline for our cancer
patients in lower and middle income countries. Clinical Oncology. 28(12). p.799.
Bennett, L. M., Gadlin, H. and Marchand, C., 2018. Collaboration Team Science: Field Guide.
US Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National
Cancer Institute.
Olaisen, J. and Revang, O., 2017. Working smarter and greener: Collaborative knowledge
sharing in virtual global project teams. International Journal of Information
Management. 37(1). pp.1441-1448.
Procter, S. and Radnor, Z., 2017. Teamworking and Lean revisited: a reply to Carter et al. The
international journal of human resource management. 28(3). pp.468-480.
Online
6 Benefits of Teamwork in the Workplace. 2020. [Online]. Available through:<
https://www.sandler.com/blog/6-benefits-of-teamwork-in-the-workplace/>.
Getting Work Done: In Groups and Alone. 2020. [Online]. Available through:<
https://smallbiztrends.com/2016/03/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-teamwork.html>.

Appendix