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A work team is a group of people who are organized in a precise way to achieve a common goal. Implicit in this definition are three key elements of teamwork:
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A group of people: the teams are composed of people who bring their a variety of different characteristics (experience, training, personality, skills, etc..), Which will decisively influence how successful these teams.
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Organization: There are several ways you can organize a team to achieve a particular goal or objective, but, generally, in businesses that organization implies some sort of division of labor. This means that each team member performs a variety of tasks independently, but is responsible for overall team results.
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Common goal: we must not forget that people have a set of needs and seeking to meet targets in all areas of life including at work. One of the keys to the proper functioning of a team is that personal goals are consistent with the objectives of the team.
In summary, we could define teamwork as individual action directed, that in trying to achieve shared objectives, not jeopardize cooperation and thereby strengthens the cohesion of the team. The cooperation concerns the fact that each team member brings to it all their personal resources to help achieve the common objective. This is seen when members of the team performing the following:
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Provide new ideas and provide solutions to the
difficulties the team
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Interest in the ideas of others and develop
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Provide relevant information and hard evidence
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Trying to coordinate the activities of members
and clarify their contributions
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Evaluate team results
When there is a conflict between personal goals and
the team, it happens that the team reduce cooperation (no effort, hiding
information, etc.).
On the other hand, cohesion is the attraction that each team member feels about it. Cohesive teams are characterized because they have fewer conflicts, and when they arise, are channeled and resolved in a positive way, communication is more fluid and all members feel they have the opportunity to participate in decisions made by the team. This increases motivation.
The components of a cohesive team value their membership and strive to maintain positive relationships with other team members.
Gain a sense of loyalty, security and self-esteem by the group, which meets their individual needs.
The observed cohesive teams that members develop a series of important activities for the maintenance. This is a series of behaviors
that keep the team as a functioning social system and avoids emotional
antagonisms and conflicts. In an effective team, each member promotes
interpersonal relationships and brings their skills to work together over time.
Examples of equipment maintenance activities are:
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Encourage, accept and display according to the
ideas of others, showing solidarity
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Help coordinate the team dissension, reconciling
differences
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Expressing performance standards to be achieved
by the team or will use in evaluating the process of the same
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Walking with the team, agreeing to make the ideas
of others
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Encourage participation of all and not just a few
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