Importance of Teamwork in Thai Soccer Team Rescue Mission

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Introduction
Teamwork is defined as collaborated efforts that a group of people sacrifices in order to
adequately and efficiently achieve a common goal or task (Driskell, Salas and Phull, 2018 p.
334). Teamwork is mostly determined by the willingness of individuals to achieve a certain goal.
In the rescue incidence, various teams including cave divers, soldiers, government agencies and
even farmers demonstrated their teamwork by contributing their efforts tirelessly to see the lives
of the soccer team restored (McDaniel, and Salas, 2018 p. 305). This essay will discuss the
importance of teamwork in rescue of soccer team that was trapped in Tham Luang Cave, the
effectiveness of the parameters that made the rescue of soccer team successful and the major
roles of teamwork in the rescue mission in Thailand. In addition to that, the essay will also
elaborate some of the lessons that I learnt from teamwork experience from the rescue team and
how these lessons will help me in my future career.
The rescue of the 12 boys who were trapped in underground caves clearly demonstrated
the importance of teamwork. In the context of the rescue mission, the tasks that were meant to
save the lives of the soccer team were accomplished within nine days. Every team including
divers, government agencies, Thai Navy Seal team among others shared the required
responsibilities leading to faster retrieval of the affected victims. The shared responsibilities
mostly depended on area of specialization. According to Aveling et al., 2028, p.115-120,
pecialization enabled the rescue team to respond to the fate on time and save the soccer team.
The hard work of Thailand team to rescue the victims was supported by X and Y theory
that was developed by Dauglas McGorates. The theory outlines the ways in which teams are
motivated during an occurrence. It states that people are mobilized to start an activity that has an
outcome (Lawter, Kopelman, Prottas 2015, p. 84-101). In our scenario, People were motivated
by their current situation making them to contribute their efforts to achieve their target of saving
the soccer team in Thailand.
Teamwork also increased accountability of each member of the team in the rescue
mission. Every person in the team struggled with all their means to avoid letting down the
families of the soccer team. Teamwork ensured that each person in the team performed their role
accordingly to ensure that they achieve their mission of saving lives. On this notion, the strength
theory is applied and it highlights that successful teamwork must never give up instead teams

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should work continually and remain strong in given situations until the indented success is
achieved (Hu, and Liden, 2015 p. 1102-1127)
The other importance of teamwork in the rescue mission was to establish a learning
opportunity to team members. The cooperation that made the rescue mission to succeed provided
a learning forum that enabled team members to acquire skills that they did not have before the
occurrence of the accident (Rodriquez, 2017 p. 117-140). Team members come up with different
strategies that were meant to save the dear lives of the soccer team. The theory of Isabel Briggs
indicates that teamwork is so essential such that team members are able to contributes their
views concerning an occurrence and these ideas enables the team to understand the problem and
device possible practices to solve it.
For the rescue mission to be effective, various factors were applied. These factors
included listening skills, diversified abilities, effective communication, good leadership,
commitment and encouragement (Gorman, D’Mello, Stevens, Burke 2018, p.161). Listening
enabled the teams to achieve a positive feedback since all the finer details are followed. They
listened keenly to the procedures that were effectively communicated by their leaders concerning
their mission which made them to save the twelve lives. Possible directions were given to trace
where the children were and the directions were followed keenly leading to the success of the
rescue mission.
Diversified abilities enabled team members to specialize in the responsibilities that they
were well versed for the success of the rescue. There were those that dived, those that
contributed fund, those that provided first aid, those that encouraged the affected families.
According to Flores-Fillol et al., 2017 p. 1-29, every team has team leaders that foresee the role
of leading the team in a better way. The success of rescue mission demonstrated good leadership
among the saving teams. Good leaders should have the ability of delegating duties and solving
any problems that may act as obstacles to the set goal (Bajwa, Haldar, and Phull 2017, p.33-35)
The team leaders maintained a conducive and coherent environment for each person thus
enabling the rescue mission to be achieved. The commitment of team members also made the
rescue mission effective. According to Puente-Palacios, and Santos, (2018 p.465-490). Team
members were committed to the roles that they were playing towards the rescue mission. Finally,