Teams acrose different organizations
are used to increase productivity, performance, and workplacd
culture. Teamwork enhances employee unity, facilitates creativity,
and recognise the efforts of each individual member. The factors
that have attributed to the increase in the use of teamwork in
workplace are as following:
- Better Problem Solving: Working in
teams produces better ideas and solutions for a probem. It
facilitates critical thinking among the members, and come up with
novel ideas for solution. These ideas are better brainstormed for
the best one that suits the context collectively.
- Better Communication: Team work
enhances a better communication among the employees of an
organization. As team work is based on better communication,
sharing new knowledge and information is promoted among the team
members.
- Inter-dependence and mutual
cooperation:Teamwork promotes mutual cooperation and cohesiveness
amongst it members. The team members are inter-dependent on each
other in the workplace for better performance, and this promoted
the mutual cooperation among them for achieving their goals and
tasks.
- Teamwork promotes belongingness:
The team members have a sense of belongingness that motivates them
to strive for the success of their team. This sense of
belongingness motivates them to achieve their targets with
collective efforts.
- Enhancement of skills: Working in
teams exposes the members to a higher level of knowledge, as the
team members share their knowledge and experience with each other
while striving for the common goals. This exposure gives each
members to enhance their skills at personal level, and increase
their performance and productivity for their and the
organization.