Teamwork: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Real-World Scenarios

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of teamwork, detailing its advantages and disadvantages within an organizational context. The presentation begins by defining teamwork and emphasizing its importance, particularly in fostering collaboration and leveraging diverse skills. Key advantages highlighted include increased creativity and enhanced problem-solving capabilities, supported by real-world examples such as data collection through surveys and addressing resource allocation issues. The presentation also addresses significant disadvantages like conflicts arising from differing opinions and communication breakdowns that can lead to inefficiency and distrust among team members. Through examples of miscommunication and unclear roles, it illustrates the negative impacts on staff morale and productivity. The conclusion reinforces the critical role of teamwork in organizational success, summarizing the benefits and drawbacks discussed. The presentation also references academic sources to support its arguments.

ASSESSMENT

INTRODUCTION
In this presentation it will be described about advantage and disadvantage of team
work. also, examples will be explained of it as well.
Team work is necessary in an organisation as it allows in working together and in
groups. there are diversified people working in it as they possess varied skills and
knowledge.

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 there are many people who benefit from team work that is organisation, staff, manager
etc. they benefit as it leads to increase in their productivity and goals are achieved in
effective way.

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 team work enables in bringing efficiency in staff. they are able to learn and gain new
skills and knowledge.

First advantage of team work
Increase creativity – this is the main advantage of team work in organisation. it is because when
different people work together in team they possess varied skills, knowledge, etc. and then it is applied
into team to carry out tasks. besides that, team work brings together coworkers with diverse
experiences, skills, and work histories, creating fertile ground for brainstorming and creative problem
solving. thus, new ideas and methods are followed in it which enables in working in effective way.
moreover, the efficiency of individual is increased as well (Phakathi, 2017).

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 Example – here, a task was given to conduct survey. For that employees prepare
questionnaire and distributed in through a link and gathered data. So, this led to
enhance creativity in collecting data in less time

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Who benefit – it is analysed that creativity in team work benefit organisation.
 How do they benefit- this can be stated that when new methods or ways are identified
of performing task then it leads to bring creativity in work and increasing efficiency of
employees (Varrell and Boyce, 2017). thus, it leads to increasing efficiency of
organisation as well. the goals and objectives are attained in effective way. besides that,
creativity improves employees skills and knowledge. so, they apply those into
performing task and apply new ideas. hence, new methods and process are
implemented in doing tasks

First disadvantage of team work
conflicts – this is the main disadvantage in it as here working in team results in conflicts.
so it occurs when there is difference in ideas and opinion of members. thus, when conflict
occurs it lead to impact on other employees as well. their confidence and morale decrease
and they are not able to work in effective way.

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 Example- here, a conflict arise due to miscommunication of message between them. in
that two members were involved as one said he has sent message and confirmed as
well. but the other said that he did no received message. thus, this led to conflict in it.

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Who suffer- it is evaluated that the staff suffers in it.
How do they suffer – this is because when conflict occurs it results in creating
disagreement among them. So, it affect on overall team working. the other staff is not able
to concentrate on their work as they take interest in what conflict has occurred, why, etc.
thus, it affect on their working style as well. moreover, it is found their mind gets diverted
due to conflict. due to it, they are not able to work properly and in effective way. in this
way their productivity is affected as well due to conflict.

Second advantage of Team work
 Problem solving- It is also second most crucial advantage of Teamwork as Problem
solving as a good team also produces a broad range of the solutions as well as work
together towards it within a more effective one alongside collective communication
and collective input.
 As it is capacity to work by problems by utilizing critical thinking skills to arises a
solution. Within workplace teams can solve the problem each as well as everyday.
 In the skill problem solving team increases the chances to coming out the best
outcomes.

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 Example- If while working at same level there may occur problem between staff
regarding use of resources. Both may not be able to use resources it effective way. This
may impact on working of entire team as well.

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Who benefit- Here it benefit organization.
 How do they benefit- By the help of the problem solving skills if some issues occurs
and workers are very efficient in such skill than the focuses on providing benefit to the
firm as they can solve the problems with various options and with less time and save
money so it can be benefit for the firm as it can be effective for the firm for attaining its
goals as well as objectives.

Second disadvantage of team work
 communication breakdown – It is considered as common as well often results within
inefficiency as it creates lack of trust and inefficiency between team members.
 It occurs when there is a communication gap between the employers or employees are
not listening each other effectively. It also occurs if some employees are introvert while
some are extroverts.
 It creates conflicts because of confusion as the message is not communicated properly.

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 Example- Here many time miscommunication of message arises between employees.
If someone cannot communicate it properly that it leads to the confusion and hence
there is communication break down.
 It also occurred due to the unclear role of the employees sometimes distribution of the
responsibilities not occur in a good manner and when employees do not know whom
they have to contact regarding any kind of information than also creates
communication breakdown.

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 Who suffer- Employees suffer in this
 How do they suffer- Employees within the workplace suffers a lot as it creates a
negativity among the employees for each other as well as towards their peers. They also
suffers because they becomes failures sometime due communication break down and
seniors do not consider them for communicating a message. Sometimes lack of
communication also leads to the conflicts as it arises when any kind of information is
not communicated properly and colleagues creates chaos within organization .

CONCLUSION
 From the above it has been concluded that team working play a major role in a firm as
it both has advantages and disadvantages.
 Present PPT focuses on Increase creativity first advantage of team works different
people work together in team brings together co-workers with diverse experiences,
skills, and work histories, creating fertile ground for brainstorming leads to bring
creativity in work and increasing efficiency of employees.

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 It improves employees skills and knowledge. It also focused on Problem solving as it is
capacity to work by problems by utilizing critical thinking skills to arises a solution. It
increases the chances to coming out the best outcomes.

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 Disadvantage also focused here such as conflicts and communication breakdown within
teams as it creates lack of trust and inefficiency between team members it creates
confusion as it the message is not communicated properly, it also occurred due to the
unclear role of the employees sometimes distribution of the responsibilities not occur in
a good manner.

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