Definition of Team


If you are a leader in an organization hoping to benefit from a team concept, it is inevitable that you will be asked to recruit and/or help a group of individuals become a more effective team. The word team comes from the Latin root deuk, which means "to pull." A group of individuals is not a team unless they pull together to reach a common goal. Team tends to be used loosely in many organizations, where management often blithely declares, "We are all one big team." While the sentiment for cooperation may be admirable, such statements do little to produce the behaviors needed to really succeed as a team. Other companies claim to have a team concept, but all they have done is change the word they use to describe a unit from department to team. It's even more disturbing to see organizations anointing any group that meets on a somewhat regular basis as a team. It may be a good idea to share information across individuals and functions, but let's not call a group a team unless it requires the interactive use of the skills of a small group of people working in an interdependent manner to accomplish common goals. If these features do not exist, you don't really have a team.




Tools for Team Leadership. Delivering the X-Factor in Team eXcellence
Tools for Team Leadership: Delivering the X-Factor in Team eXcellence
ISBN: 0891063862
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 137

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