How to build successful team work in organization

What is Team work?

A team comprises a group of people linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks. The most effective teamwork is produced when all the individuals involved harmonize their contributions and work towards a common goal.

Objectives of Team Work

1. Improved Interpersonal and Communication Skills
An understanding of personality types and activities that encourage effective communication can help improve overall team communication. Team members can learn how to avoid miscommunications. When conducting team building activities related to interpersonal and communication skills, it is important for a team to also practice sensitivity to cultural differences in

communication.

2. Decreased Conflicts
Team building exercises that involve an understanding of different personality types offer an opportunity for team members relate to different types of personal workplace demeanors, which can help decrease potential conflict.

3. Awareness of Team Culture

A team's culture includes an organization's goals and the relationships of those working within the organization. Team building helps develop team member understanding about the organization's purpose and mission.

4. Improved Effectiveness & Productivity

Team building can help team members consider the different personality types in the group and how each individual can contribute to the success of the team and organization. Individuals learn that even though each person has a different job function, they all belong in the same department and can work together.

Benefits of Team Work

1. Creativity
Different people have different skills and possess different perspectives of every activity. Therefore any activity that involves team work would benefit from the various creative thoughts and inspirations of different people.

2. Overcomes Monotony
People working as individuals fall into the monotony of their jobs and this lead to dissatisfaction and under-performance in the long run. when people work in teams, the interaction in itself generates enthusiasm and any issues are resolved by inputs from different people, making even small tasks enjoyable and interesting.

3. Varied Skills

It is impossible for one individual to possess all the knowledge and skills required to complete any job

4. Accomplish faster
Team work definitely finishes tasks faster than if an individual were to slog at it. The speed is not only because of different hands coming together, but also because of different minds working on the varied aspects of each task.

5. Support
This not only leads to better social relationships, but also acts as a support when things go wrong, both in the work and in the personal front.

6. Distribution of Work
Distributing work not only reduces each individuals burden, but also increases responsibility and ensures better commitment to completing the task individually and as a whole.