Strengths Of Teamwork

Introduction Katzenbach and Smith (1994) defined a team as "A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and common approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable." It is true in all its nature that teams are a group of individuals sharing a common goal or objective to achieve and are mutually coordinated with the rewards and benefits. Robinson & Robinson (1994) also define a team as a group of people, but all groups do not qualify as teams. Over the years teams in organizations have worked wonders in terms of developing quality products and services. With a defined goal in mind, each member contributes his or her efforts according to his expertise in order to achieve

 The team strengths, weakness and improvements needed to be made.
 Personal assessment of how well I performed as a team member.
 What skills need to be enhanced and improved in me?
 Suggest an optimal process for working in teams.
Literature Review
A brief literature review relating to the following subject matter has been presented in order to know understand the term teams and how they work within organizations. According to Verma (1997), team approach is a distinctive way of working that harnesses the collective skills, strengths, and energy of team members. Ducanis & Golin (1979) believed that the most important features of a team are coordination, communication, highlighted roles and tasks and shared norms. But not all groups are formed for the accomplishment of a specific problem; teams are also formed for the purpose of social affiliation or personal goals. One needs to be familiar of what kinds and types

The strengths of a team involve active participation, motivated employees, defined goal, existing procedures and methodologies, well defined rewards and recognitions. Whereas the weaknesses of a team may have low participation, lack of communication, interpersonal conflicts, low level of skills and expertise of employees, undefined goals and responsibilities etc.
But the real question is how to overcome these gaps and achieve the goal with effectiveness and efficiency. It is of great vitality that one knows the strengths and weaknesses of each of the team members, so that they can be given responsibilities and duties according to their