Team Working

 Teams --- may comprise a number of individuals working together towards one shared goal.    -----may consist of a number of individuals working in parallel to achieve one common goal.                                                                                                                                                Teams generally have a recognized leader and one or more follower(s).                         Teams need to be built up and their identity as a team needs to be maintained in some way.

Important Elements of Team Working - For teams to function cohesively and productively, team members need to have or build up certain interpersonal and social skills. These include communication, cooperation, co-ordination and mutual support

Communication - Communication is essential for exchanging work-related information within the team.

Co-operation - ‘Pulling together’ is inherent in the smooth running of a team. Fairness and openness within the team encourage cohesiveness and mutual respect. Disagreements must be handled sensitively by the team leader

Co-ordination - Co-ordination is required within the team to ensure that the team leader knows what his group members are doing. This includes delegation of tasks so that all the resources within the team are utilised. Delegated tasks should be supervised and monitored as required.

Mutual Support -Mutual support is at the heart of the team’s identity

Advantages and Disadvantages of Team Working
Working as part of a team has a number of potential benefits which include: 
 • individuals can share resources (knowledge, tools, etc.); 
• they can discuss problems and arrive at shared solutions;
 • they can check each others’ work (either “officially” or “unofficially”).
Ownership of tasks
Team identity

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