teamwork

(noun)

The cooperative effort of a group of people seeking a common end.

Related Terms

  • conflict
  • conflict resolution

Examples of teamwork in the following topics:

  • Advantages of Teamwork

    • The benefits of teamwork include increased efficiency, the ability to focus different minds on the same problem, and mutual support.
    • The primary benefit of teamwork is that it allows an organization to achieve something that an individual working alone cannot.
    • Teamwork creates outcomes that make better use of resources and produce richer ideas.
    • The total value created by teamwork depends on the overall effectiveness of the team effort.
    • While we might consider simply achieving a goal a benefit of teamwork, by taking advantage of what teamwork has to offer, an organization can gain a broader set of benefits.
  • Defining Teamwork

    • Teamwork involves a set of interdependent activities performed by individuals who collaborate toward a common goal.
    • Teamwork involves a set of tasks and activities performed by individuals who collaborate with each other to achieve a common objective.
    • Teamwork differs from individual work in that it involves shared responsibility for a final outcome.
    • While the substance of the tasks involved in teamwork may vary from team to team, there are three processes that are common to how teamwork gets done: the transition process, action processes, and interpersonal processes.
    • Effective teamwork requires that people work as a cohesive unit.
  • Teams

    • Teamwork is extremely essential, as teams are a vehicle to increase effectiveness, competitiveness, and productivity within an organization.
    • Teamwork is extremely essential, especially when it comes to technology entrepreneurship.
    • Within the last ten to fifteen years, teamwork has become an omnipresent phenomenon in corporate America.
    • Companies have transitioned to teamwork as a vehicle to increase effectiveness, competitiveness, and productivity.
    • Whole Foods Market relies on the teamwork of its employees to keep the shelves stocked and customers satisfied.
  • Accountability in Teams

    • Because teamwork is organized at the collective level rather than on a per-person basis, its results are the sum of each member's efforts.
    • One benefit of teamwork is the mutual support and assistance that team members can provide each other.
  • People

    • At its heart it's a behavioural issue and as such it is dependent upon teamwork, cooperation and motivation.
  • School

    • This lesson both educates children in basic mathematics and in the social values of teamwork and reciprocity.
    • In this example, teamwork and reciprocity are examples of the "hidden curriculum. "
  • Hazards of Teamwork

  • Definition and Background

    • By combining teamwork and individual accountability, students work toward acquiring both knowledge and social skills.
  • Types of Teams

    • Effective teamwork depends on choosing the type of team best suited to the work that needs to be accomplished.
  • Fostering Innovation

    • Teamwork enhances people's strengths and mitigates their individual weaknesses.
    • Effective teamwork also promotes the awareness that it is in everyone's best interests to keep the business growing and improving.
    • For example, you could educate employees at regular training sessions on topics such as creativity, entrepreneurship, and teamwork.
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