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Working in a team

   

Added on  2020-01-07

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WORKING IN A TEAM

Table of contents:Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3Importance of teamwork:.................................................................................................................3Understanding Tuckman and Belbin Theories related to group dynamics:....................................4Concept of group structure, roles, cohesion and behavior:.............................................................6Factors regarding team formation, changes and development:.......................................................6Evolving performance of formation, development and changes of a team:....................................7Group strategies:..............................................................................................................................8Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................9References:....................................................................................................................................11

Introduction:Teamwork is such a working process by which a group of people work in collaboration forachieving their goals. This is really a very important business part that is sometimes necessaryfor the colleagues of an organization to work together; they give their best in any kind ofcircumstances. While a group of people are in teamwork, they always try to be cooperative witheach other by using their own personal skills and provide some constructive responses in spite ofpersonal conflicts between them.This study mainly focuses on the importance of team working within a working environmentmainly in an organization, understanding the theories of teamwork that is Tuckman and Belbintheories that is related with the group dynamics. This study also describes the concept of thestructure of the group, behavior and cohesion and the other factors regarding the formation of theteam, the overall development and changes, and evolving the performance of development,changes and performance of the team. Importance of teamwork:The team or group of workers when work together, they understand the weaknesses andstrengths of every person in that group. As per Ergeneli (2012, p. 583), the most importantbenefit of teamwork is that all the members and the team leaders have to be proficient in dividingthe tasks so that this is done with efficiency and quality. In a workplace, teamwork always offersall the staffs of the company to become familiar with each other and they can work together in aneffective way. There are various ways in which the importance of teamwork is very muchimportant for the success, growth of the company and for the development of each and everyemployee. Understanding of those elements, help in assisting the development of the gearedpolicies by encouraging the growth of the team in a business organization or in their workplaces.Collaborative working:There are very much challenges in the workplace that every employee has to face regularly. Asper Baloyi (2014, p. 90), if there is a rigid team environment, this can act as the mechanism ofsupport for the employees. Each and every team members in a workgroup help the othermembers to improve their performance which also improve their professional growth too.

Working in collaboration with the others helps the team members grow believe, trust and bondwhich very much important particularly to face the daily challenges.Negotiating and developing ideas:The team members of each team always have to discuss about their problems for solving theissues of a company. When the overall team working is going together, this allows the membersof the team to feel much more comfortable regarding the issues and while offering thesuggestions. As per Costa, (2014, p. 420), all the members should have accustomed with theinformation that are sometimes brainstorming thus the company gets benefit from varioussuggestions coming from the effectiveness of the team.Negotiation of a decision means the group of people in a team is happy with the cohesion of theteam and helps the other member to examine their motivations. A successful negotiation alwaysprovide the ability to cooperate with the team membersUnderstanding Tuckman and Belbin Theories related to group dynamics:Tuckman’s theory of team work:Tuckman describes the teamwork theories and studied the behavior of the members from variousperspectives. Initially the test phase of orientation that leads to a period which is characterized bysome degree of conflicts, which is socially cohesive. Tuckman describes the teamwork theoriesand studied the behavior of the members from various perspectives. According to Long (2013, p.960), initially the test phase of orientation that leads to a period which is characterized by somedegree of conflicts, is such a phase that is socially cohesive and the functional phase is that onein which the members focus on the relatedness on the role. Tuckman summarizes the four phasesthat are norming, forming, storming and performing. This theory is mainly built by showing thelinks between the relationship of the group and focus on the task. When relationship develops ina group, this starts focusing on the main task.. For example, as a team leader, from the idea of theabove theory, I have manifested on developing relationship with my team member at myworkplace in order to augment effective work productivity.

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