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Leading and Managing People
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Teamwork refers to the combined action of a group that works effectively and efficiently
to achieve a common goal. People collaborate by sharing ideas; solving problems and conflicts;
and helping each other work toward the overall goal of the organization. Being one of the most
discussed topics in business and management, teamwork works for all organizations except for
those that have one employee or operator. Tjosvold & Tjosvold, (2015), however, posit that
businesspeople can promote teamwork with customers. Teamwork is one method companies that
regularly develop new products in project-based styles use to diffuse responsibility while
ensuring that workers do not deviate from the organization’s main objective. Working in teams is
essential to the success of an organization because it helps build trust and cohesion; improve
communication; save time and financial resources; and boost learning and creativity.
Cohesion
Cohesion is among the most important by-products of teamwork in an organization
(Katzenbach & Smith, 2015). People learn to trust each other when working as a team. The
improved chemistry makes it hard to see employees confront each other or be jealous of other
team members. The organization has one goal, and everyone would be glad to contribute toward
the goal. People will learn to accept each other’s decision. Cohesion resulting from teamwork
can help increase the speed of workflow within a company.
Communication
Teamwork is essential for effective communication in an organization. Apparently, when
employees work independently on projects, they may not readily share new information or ideas.
This is primarily because each employee wants to achieve their own individual goals without
caring what others are doing. Ineffective communication leads to time wastage, poor decision
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making, and lack of efficient development of solutions (Katzenbach & Smith, 2015). With
teamwork, employees will communicate often, and this will prevent them from working in
opposite directions, which may increase the time it takes to complete tasks.
Learning
Everyone in an organization brings something new to the table. People are different and
have different ideas, meaning that employees will learn from each other. Bring ideas together
may help promote learning within a company. Organizations have different departments with
various challenges, and it may be difficult for other organizations to know what is happening in
other departmental units without communication. They will know that some goals or demands
are unreasonable, and what each department should do to ensure consistency and efficiency in
overall production. Collaborations help create enthusiasm for learning, which is lacking in
solitary work (Warrick, 2016). This maximizes and promotes shared knowledge that allows an
employee learn new skills that are relevant to the rest of their careers. This is because what is
learned from individual experiences differs from what is learned from fellow employees.
Also, teamwork fosters creativity in the organization. Research indicates that creativity
thrives where come together to solve problems or find the best way of doing something.
Brainstorming helps counter the stale viewpoints that result from working individually or in
small groups. Teamwork helps combine the best and unique perspectives to create more effective
selling solutions.
Problem solving
Problems are common in all organizations. However, when multiple minds work
together, it is simple to solve the problems (Salas, Bowers, & Edens, 2001). It may be easy for
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one person to make a decision, but many minds make concrete decisions that will work for
everyone within the company and the organization at large. It helps pool the best and unique
ideas together to obtain the best solution possible for a problem.
Cost savings
Management experts agree that teamwork may help cut down on costs in many types of
organizations. Teamwork promotes flatter organizational structures, reducing the need for having
many expensive leadership positions (Salas, Shuffler, Thayer, Bedwell, & Lazzara, 2015).
Members of an organization will learn how to manage and...