Team Working in Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Management

This report examines the importance of team working in organizations, highlighting its benefits such as increased efficiency, enhanced coordination, and a sense of ownership among team members. It discusses how teams are organized and the advantages they bring, including improved flexibility and the ability to achieve common goals. The report also addresses the challenges associated with team working, such as conflicts, ineffective leadership, and poor communication, and how these issues affect organizations, staff, and managers. It provides examples and references to support the arguments, emphasizing the need for effective leadership, control, and understanding to manage teams successfully and achieve positive outcomes. The conclusion underscores the importance of addressing challenges and fostering a positive team environment to maximize the benefits of teamwork.

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INTRODUCTION
In an organisation, goals and objectives are important which are
needed to be achieved within the time period. It cannot be done
by solely person and which creates requirement as well as need of
team. Team at workplace plays vital role in developing and
enhancing growth of business. Managers & leaders are
responsible for managing and handling team in firm. Also,
coordination as well as mutual relationship is developed when
individual work with each other in effective manner
(Willcocks, S.G., 2018).

• What are the benefits of team working?
• Teamwork includes various people and different groups in
business which work together to increase and maximise their
efficiency so that goals and objectives are achieved in proper
manner. In business, teams are organised into two ways which
are product as well as process. Also, team members are
responsible for overall development of business and enterprise.
• Main motive behind implementing team is that task and
activities are complete within the time period and mutual
relationship is developed amongst the group members. Further,
in team all work together to achieve common desired goals.
Without organising team, it is not possible for entity to attain
their mission and vision. There are various benefits while
implementing team enterprise and are mentioned below-

• Develop sense of ownership- In team, employee morale is
increased and they become independent as well as also push
themselves towards their work so that they are being recognised
amongst team members. The extra responsibility can lead to a more
rewarding work environment and lower turnover. Working on a
team also gives employees a greater sense of belonging and of
recognition, which helps them take more pride in their work, and
their company. (Klarare, 2019).

• Enhances coordination and relationships- This
is the most effective advantage of team work that
while working together employees are able to
develop and establish a mutual relationship with
each other and respect each other contribution
towards the work.
• Flexibility for the Organization- Teamwork can
help companies to be more flexible. By bringing
personnel from different parts of a project together
into one team, problems can sometimes be ironed
out more easily. Thus, through flexibility it
becomes more easy to work at workplace.

Why is it advantageous to work in a team
It is advantageous to work in team because when different people
with different ideas work together, positive result is obtained.
Working in a team changes personnel behaviour as well as
attitude towards others and own too. Moreover, when work is
carried out as team stress is reduced and more focus is given to
actual workforce.

Illustration with examples-
• According to growing body of research, it has been
confirmed that when individual work together and smartly a
positive energy is created which boost productivity, efficiency,
effectiveness and engagement. An individual can only produce
advantage to team leader or manager but a team produces
benefits to whole management and organisation. For example-
individual can only complete task one at a tome but when work
in a team multiple tasks and activities can be handled properly.

Who benefits?
• When team is implemented running operations, functions and
completion of task become easier. Organisation gets benefit from
team because they increases productivity and generate profit to the
business. Staff also achieve benefits through team as because they
are able to divide their work with each other and through which
relationship is developed between everyone. Further, managers
also get advantage when team is developed because they
responsible for handling team and through this their capability is
developed at higher level as well as responsibilities reduces as tasks
are completed by everyone on deadline(Bradley, 2016).

What are challenges of team working
• Team building is not easy because it has to be done smartly and
effectively. Managers and leaders face many challenges when it
comes to handling team.
• Building Teams from a Distance Virtual teams are emerging with
increased frequency in organizations around the globe. Successful
virtual team building is challenging because teams are frequently
composed for short periods of time and are created to tackle
specific tasks. Establishing an effective virtual team requires
exemplary leadership, easy access to technology and team training,
as well as rules to protect team members that address differences
in time zones, cultures and languages (Akan, 2020).

Why is it a challenge?
• Working in team is challenging because it members in team
are not ready to engage which leads to conflicts and individual get
distracted from their vision and mission.
• Inability to resolve conflicts- Conflicts cannot be resolved when there
are heightened tensions and team members make personal attacks or
aggressive gestures.
• Ineffective leadership- Leaders can fail teams by not defining a
compelling vision for the team, not delegating, or not representing
multiple constituencies.
• Poor communication- Team members may interrupt or talk over one
another. There may be consistent silence from some members during
meetings, allusions to problems but failure to formally address them,
or false consensus (everyone nods in agreement without truly
agreeing). Thus, it is challenging task to work in team. (Okawa, 2020).

Who suffers?
• When challenges are faced when working in team then organisations
suffer because it took time to resolve conflicts amongst the
employee. Also, due to such challenges time is consumed which can
be used at core activities.
• Staffs also get affected when such difficulties and problems arise as
because relationship breaks down and everyone works individually.
• Managers are mostly affected as because they have to handle
individual and workload at both equal sides. This is a problematic
situation as it demotivates managers and make them
impatient(Doulougeri, 2019).

CONCLUSION
Working in team requires effective leadership, control, discipline
and understanding. So, every team is different and follows
different approaches to complete the assigned work. Challenges
are faced by organisation, staff and manager at higher level. Such
issues are to be managed in proper manner. This results in better
understanding and positive outcomes.

REFERENCES
Books & Journal:
• Willcocks, S.G., 2018. Exploring team working in dentistry using a ‘process’ model
of team effectiveness.British Journal of Healthcare Management, 24(2), pp.77-82.
• Doulougeri, 2019. 76 Multidisciplinary Team Working. Cambridge Handbook of
Psychology, Health and Medicine, p.343.
• Bradley, 2016. The impact of 12-hour shifts on team effectiveness. British Journal
of Healthcare Management, 22(5), pp.261-266.
• Akan, 2020. Concrescent conversation environment, psychological safety, and team
effectiveness. Team Performance Management: An International Journal.
• Klarare, 2019. Team type, team maturity and team effectiveness in specialist
palliative home care: an exploratory questionnaire study. Journal of
interprofessional care, 33(5), pp.504-511.
• Okawa, 2020. Encountering Unexpected Challenges and Responding With
Flexibility and Teamwork: A Maternal and Newborn Health Study in Myanmar.