Explain the Potential Advantages and Disadvantages of Team Working in an Organisation
Explain the potential advantages and disadvantages of team working in an organisation
Intro
The term ‘team has been defined as a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and approach (Katzenback 2011). Team Work, its a vital skill required for a large portion of jobs. Without a group of people there is no team work. It is all about interlinking with others and using each others skills to form a combined bank of knowledge and skills to make tasks in an organisation more effective and efficient. A very successful businessman Mr Henry Ford once said, ‘Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success However there are some teams which are dysfunctional due to certain members of the team. There is team work in an organisation because there are many roles required in an organisation which cannot be done alone so a team is formed to make the venture successful. When there is a common goal its a lot easier to work with your colleagues to achieve it. In this essay I will be discussing the advantages of working in a team and also the disadvantages of team work in an organisation.
Advantages
Disadvantages
Examples
Reducing production costs
Speeding up innovation
Increasing work flexibility
Increasing employee participation
Achieving better industrial relations
Meeting the challenge of global competition
Identifying and solving work related problems (Huczynski and Buchanan, 2007:386)
Unequal participation
Not a team