Importance Of Teamwork And Effective Performance

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Evaluate the importance of teamwork and effective performance in a organisation Oxytocin is a brain chemical that is released by the brain during sexual orgasms. What is unorthodox is, the same reaction occurs when people work together in a good team. Sathlas, et al, (2000) defines teamwork as, when a group of individuals are “interacting adaptively, interdependently, and dynamically towards a common […] goal” in cohesion. Functional teams make way for effective performance management to be embedded in the organisation’s culture. This is “the continuous process of improving performance by setting individual and team goals which are aligned to the strategic goals of the organization” (Armstrong, 2017). The correlation between the two would…show more content…
The difference between the two is, “a virtual team works across space, time and organisational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technologies” (Jessica Lipnack, 1997). Global software companies like IBM and SAP have well rounded virtual teams, which allows their employees to engage in flexible working practices which is a contributing factor to their success. Research conducted by Frank Siebdrat and his team, evaluated the performance of 80 global software companies. The conclusion they came to was, more dispersed teams often outperformed “co-located” teams (2009). Ergo, this validates the positive correlation between team work and effective performance as flexible working practices enables employees to decide on the location and hours that is of utmost convenience to them. Therefore accommodating the accomplishment of team objectives in line with the…show more content…
The author’s conclusion is, the correlation between the two is positive in nature. A sound argument has been made in the fourth and fifth paragraph against this assumption. However what weakens this resolve is, conflicts though destructive in actuality is essential to foster a competitive nature within an organisation. Any organisation consists of departments or teams made up of individuals with contrasting views from one another. The concept of group think is not expedient to this conclusion because, though the uniformity and “we’re-all-in-it-together” atmosphere is agreeable and goes along with the notion of “ikigai”, a low proclivity towards questioning and raising doubt, limits innovation. Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, the Nigerian author says, “Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation” and innovation is the path to victory in the ever evolving business
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