Academic and Professional Skills: Teamwork Benefits and Analysis

This report delves into the multifaceted advantages of teamwork within both organizational and individual contexts. It begins by defining teamwork and highlighting its benefits, such as fostering creativity, building trust, and enhancing conflict resolution skills. The report then explores the positive impacts of teamwork on individuals, including increased involvement, improved outcomes, a sense of security, and greater motivation. Furthermore, it presents arguments illustrating how teamwork benefits organizations, staff, and managers, using examples like Tesco. The report also acknowledges potential disadvantages, such as participation imbalances and time consumption, while emphasizing the overall positive impact of teamwork on achieving common objectives and driving success. References to academic journals and books are included to support the findings.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Benefits of team working.......................................................................................................3
Advantageous to work in a team............................................................................................3
Illustrations of arguments.......................................................................................................4
Benefits...................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Team working is defined as collaborative working of a group which are working together
in order to achieve a common objective in more effective and considerable way. A team is
always focused on task and fulfilment of processes and they are committed towards common
objectives. This report is prepared to understand concepts of team working and its advantages for
individual and organisation as well. Besides this the report includes arguments of advantages and
disadvantages so as to understand importance of team work and their benefits to staff manager
and other stakeholders (Hanaysha, 2016)
MAIN BODY
Benefits of team working
When an organisation is working in a team it is easier for them to achieve their business
goals in more effective way. Team working is having so many benefits which are elaborated as
under: Fosters creativity and learning: Team working is helpful for the business to get brain
storming ideas which are advantageous for the business to have effective solution of
organisational problems. This is going to help the individual in enhancing their personal skills
which can assist the business to grow and touch new heights. Blends complementary strength:
With the help of team working employees are able to build their strengths so as to organise and
plan business strategies and activities in more effective manner. Team working is helpful for the
team members to combine all their ideas and skills with a single path to attain their goals and
objectives of business. Builds trust: When people are working in team and performing
operations in team work this helps them to encourage their teammates and builds trust among
them. This can helps to endure minor conflicts between team which brings team collaborative
approach within organisation. Trust is the main aspect of team success so with the help of team
work trust can be established between team members which lead to obtain distinct abilities
within business. Teaches conflicts resolution skills: Conflicts are very genuine to arise when
distinct people are put together in a team to work. As employees are from various backgrounds
due to which various viewpoints are introduced in business which stimulate resentments and

conflicts. With the help of team work various situation can be handled by employees in a very
manageable manner by which conflicts can be sorted out (Haas and Mortensen, 2016) .
Advantageous to work in a team
An individual is having so many benefits when they are working in a team such as:
Maximised involvement: When a person is working under a team this will lead to their higher
engagement which motivates them to speak up and participate in team activities. This will
enhance their individual responsibilities which makes them an effective team member with high
dedication towards organisational goals. Improvised outcomes: Teamwork exhibits high results
with better outcomes. When team is working with full efficiency this lead the team member to
enhance their performance in order to have improvised outcomes and results which is beneficial
for the organisation. Team work is advantageous for individual as they can think and act towards
organisational goals and objective in more effective manner. A sense of security: An individual
working in a team feels secured as they have so many people to get help and assistance. This
prevents the person to stay isolated and lonely, this will help them to settle down their emotions
in positive manner and understand their responsibility within team with the view to get their aims
and objectives achieved. Greater motivation and morale: Within team all the members continue
to push each other beyond their boundaries and capabilities so as to come out from comfort zone
and perform tremendously. Team work exhibits high motivation and morale in team members
which is the major reason that team is having more productivity than an individual performance.
When an individual is having apt motivation within their task journey this is going to work as a
catalyst in their overall performance (Betta, 2016).
Illustrations of arguments
When a business is working as a team then they exhibits so many advantages for the
company and employees and disadvantages for their management and other stakeholders such as:
Participation: A team is made up of numerous people and their participation. In a team in order
to get fuller efficiency and results participation of each candidate is required which support the
team in getting higher efficiency and flexibility. But sometimes all the candidates do not
participate and easily avoid their assigned tasks and duties by this role get overlapped and tasks
can be managed by some other candidate. This increases the overall burden of capable candidate
which may results into conflicts which can results into distrust among team. Learning: When

people are working in a team then they get so many things to learn and to adapt which is going to
help them in their future working and roles. In team information are exchanged by which high
learning environment can be created which could be helpful for the team members to inculcate
knowledge and enhance their skills form that in order to grab knowledge and improvise personal
and professional skills or capabilities. On the contrary when team is imbalanced that means do
not contain appropriate skills and knowledgeable personnel then this will demotivate teammates
which can impact their performance in adverse manner. Interdependence: In a team all the tasks
are divided in such a manner that it interconnects with each other so as to maintain harmony and
effective control. When team is interdependent this leads the team mates to establish effective
communication and corporation by which team mates can easily perform their task in more
effective manner. On the contrary as the completion of task is dependent on finishing their
designated work and if this chain breaks then results are delayed in operations. A team work is
quite time is consuming because all the team mates does not have same capabilities and skills
which may delay the task completion time and create intrinsic conflicts.
(https://content.wisestep.com/top-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-working-in-a-team/)
Benefits
For organisation: An organisation is having several roles and responsibilities which are
given to various person in order to sum up their contribution to goal achievement of overall
business that help the business to grow and sustain within marketplace (Petrella, 2018). For
instance in Tesco their store employees are divided into teams and they work within the store as
a team so as to handle such a big store in far effective way. On the other hand marketing team is
divided into team and each team has given a target market in which they are required to advertise
and market their offering, by bifurcation of the whole organisation into small teams by which
they are able to manage the whole workings in considerable and advantageous way. For staff: A
team is made up of individuals who are willing to perform their task by having support of others.
In an effective team people are highly motivated and courageous to take any risk and reward as
well. By working in a team staff member of Tesco may have enhanced management skills as
they will understand how to handle themselves within number of people and how to refine their
skills by taking help of others. By team work an individual may enhance their skills which are
going to help them in their professional and personal growth as well. For managers: A manager
is an individual who is having responsibility to manage the entire organisation as a whole. In

Tesco the manager is having role to take care of each and every operation but when teams are
working them it is easier for manager to communicate as team leader can be held responsible and
works as a mediator. So when team work is appreciated within an organisation then it is easier
for manager to lead and control the overall workplace (O'Neill and Salas, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above detailed report it can be concluded that team work is having
advantageous impact on performance of individual and organisation as well. In an organisation
team are made in order to get effective output which can help the business to lead towards its
success and glory. Numerous advantages of team work are seen in favour of employees,
company and other stakeholders.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Betta, M., 2016. Self and others in team-based learning: Acquiring teamwork skills for
business. Journal of Education for Business. 91(2). pp.69-74.
Haas, M. and Mortensen, M., 2016. The secrets of great teamwork. Harvard business review.
94(6). pp.70-76.
Hanaysha, J., 2016. Examining the effects of employee empowerment, teamwork, and employee
training on organizational commitment. Procedia-Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 229(298-306), pp.298-306.
O'Neill, T.A. and Salas, E., 2018. Creating high performance teamwork in organizations. Human
resource management review. 28(4). pp.325-331.
Petrella, M., 2018. " Teamwork makes the dream work": Investigating the Impact of Social
Capital in the Tampa Bay, FL Community Food System.