OGBH201: Teamwork and Organisational Behaviour Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography project for the Organisational Behaviour course (OGBH201) examines the critical role of teamwork in modern organisations. It analyzes five academic journal articles, focusing on topics such as employee empowerment, organisational commitment, and the impact of teamwork on IT projects and healthcare settings. The articles explore the benefits of teamwork, including improved service quality, reduced turnover, and enhanced patient safety. The project highlights various perspectives on teamwork, its effectiveness, and the importance of communication and organisational culture in fostering successful team dynamics. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of teamwork for achieving long-term organisational growth through positive employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The project provides valuable insights into the practical application of teamwork principles across diverse professional contexts.

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Annotated Bibliography
Introduction
It is true that teamwork play a significant role in the organisation. Due to the increasing
complexities and dynamic working environment, organisation is required to bring innovative
ideas. In this regard, teamwork can prove to be effective because it brings the mixture of
several opinions, and diverse ideas from different people working in the organisation. in
every profession, teamwork is required because it provides several benefits to the
organisation for moving forward with innovative approaches. In the paper, discussion has
been carried on the different perspective of the authors regarding teamwork. At the same
time, benefits of teamwork have also been discussed in the articles.
Article 1
Hanaysha, J., 2016. Examining the effects of employee empowerment, teamwork, and
employee training on organizational commitment. Procedia-Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 229, pp.298-306.
In this article, author has given the emphasis on importance of organisation commitment
among every employee. Research has been conducted from the Malaysian higher education.
Data has been collected through the online survey from different employees working in the
public universities of Malaysia. Therefore, the scope of research is limited because is
beneficial for the people of Malaysia only. Author has considered it as the most significant
factor for bringing the effectiveness in organisation. Based on the review of whole literature,
it is found that employee empowerment is also one such element that put positive impact on
the organisational commitment. In addition to this, it has also provided the suggestions for
improving the higher education sector management. The importance of team work has been
seen in order to ensure the sane. By ensuring the deep research, author has effectively
outlined the importance of team work in today’s organisations. The major benefits of team
work include less turnover, lower cost for training, improved service quality as well as
attainment of organisational goals in effective manner. Teamwork is the most significant tool
considered by the author for improving the productivity of the organisation. Through this
research, impact of teamwork has been known to the organisation success.

Article 2
Konak, A. and Kulturel-Konak, S., 2019. Impact of Online Teamwork Self-Efficacy on
Attitudes Toward Teamwork. International Journal of Information Technology Project
Management (IJITPM), 10(3), pp.1-17.
In this article, discussion has been carried on the great significant of teamwork in the IT
projects. Author has found the self-efficacy of technology-mediated teamwork through the
data analysis of 344 participants. The scope of research done by author is limited because it is
not able to explain how the research was conducted. In spite of this, people mainly from IT
background will be able to get the enough knowledge about teamwork. It has outlined that
lack of teamwork always lead to the failure of projects related to information technology. It is
rightly stated that teamwork brings psootive attitude toward work on organisations. A
positive attitude always elad to improvement in the organisation in several ways. It has
therefore given its emphasis on the importance of teamwork for success of IT projects. Due to
the increasing challenges in 21st century, IT projects are getting more complex that requires
employees to work together and find innovative solutions.
Article 3
Judge, K., 2017. Teamwork Can Change Everything. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 40(2),
p.90.
In the article, discussion has been carried on the significance teamwork in the profession of
nursing. Author has effectively conducted the research on teamwork importance for nursing
professionals. By doing research from different people, it is able to address the negative
effects of less teamwork. It has started its discussion by stating that teamwork is always
appreciated in the profession of nursing. It is because the effective teamwork always brings
the patient safety and improved outcomes. Author has also stated that for the improved
performance, workers are also required to monitored closely. It has highlighted that team
comprises of the people not machines. Therefore, they are required to have the ability to
adapt and change and should also be able to effectively communication among different
members of the organisation. at the same time, importance of organisation culture has also
been highlighted by the author for improved team work. By reading this article in effective
manner, understanding about team work can be easily developed. In the globalised economy,
several things can be learn regarding the multicultural teams. Employees can also learn to

manage the work of each other while working a team. It is because team work brings the
understanding among employees.
Article 4
Gafa, M., Fenech, A., Scerri, C. and Price, D., 2005. Teamwork in healthcare
organisations. Pharmacy Education, 5(2), p.113.
Authors in this article has stated that teamwork represents the basis of new shift from the
traditional boundaries. Author has collected the information through the distribution of
questionnaire across ministry of health. The scope of research is limited because it has not
receive even half of the response. In spite of this, readers will come to know how teamwork
can help the healthcare organisations as well as other organisations to grow. In the recent
time, teamwork is changing the appearance of working practices as well as organisational
structure. According to the author, teamwork means collective responsibility through shared
vision. The benefits of teamwork requires when organisation to address several issues related
to role clarification, decision-making, leadership and team unity. As per the author’s point of
view, working together is the most trustable and essential part of the organisation. Therefore,
teams are essential in order to allow people to use diverse skills, knowledge, as well as
experience. The major aim of the author behind this article is to highlight the benefits of
teamwork in every organisation including healthcare organisation. In this way, teamwork is
of great importance for achieving the long term growth in organisation through positive
attitude of the employees.
Article 5
Khawam, A.M., DiDona, T. and Hernández, B.S., 2017. Effectiveness of teamwork in the
workplace. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 32(3),
pp.267-286.
In this article, discussion has been carried on the effectiveness of teamwork in any
organisation. Author has carried out the research from the Carlos Albizu University in United
States. Research was conducted through the survey across United States. Through its
research, it is able to get the viewpoint of different people regarding teamwork preference.
However, the scope of research is limited because data is only collected from United States.
The viewpoint of different authors has been analysed in the article. Through effective
research, it has been highlighted that teamwork is the prominent key factor in the evolution,

progress as well as survival of humanity. Authors have considered team work as the most
essential form of work. Working in teams helps on individual as well as organisational level.
On personal level, employees come to know the different opinions and innovative ideas. On
the organisational level, they get pool of talented employees who can deal with different
customers at a time. In the 21st century, several changes are brought in the way of doing
business that requires mixture of creative ideas. It is not possible without the understanding
of employees with each other. With the help of this research, people will come to know the
team work preference of people.
Conclusion
In the limelight of above discussion, it can be concluded that teamwork is the essential
element in the organisation for improved productivity and growth of the organisation. the
above discussion directly states that teamwork is required due to the increasing complexities
in the business. The different views and opinions of author have one similarity that states that
teamwork is required for bringing the overall growth in the organisation working. It not only
brings positive changes but also fulfil the need of the customers through better services and
better communication on the part of employees. In this way, it can be stated that teamwork is
of great importance for achieving the long term growth in organisation through positive
attitude of the employees.

References
Gafa, M., Fenech, A., Scerri, C. and Price, D., 2005. Teamwork in healthcare
organisations. Pharmacy Education, 5(2), p.113.
Hanaysha, J., 2016. Examining the effects of employee empowerment, teamwork, and
employee training on organizational commitment. Procedia-Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 229, pp.298-306.
Judge, K., 2017. Teamwork Can Change Everything. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 40(2),
p.90.
Khawam, A.M., DiDona, T. and Hernández, B.S., 2017. Effectiveness of teamwork in the
workplace. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 32(3),
pp.267-286.
Konak, A. and Kulturel-Konak, S., 2019. Impact of Online Teamwork Self-Efficacy on
Attitudes Toward Teamwork. International Journal of Information Technology Project
Management (IJITPM), 10(3), pp.1-17.