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The importance of team work in international corporations
1. THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAM WORK
IN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping
together is progress. Working together is
success-Henry Ford.”
2. THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAM AND TEAM WORK
IN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Teams are formed when individuals with a common taste,
preference, liking, and attitude come and work together for a
common goal. Teams play a very important role in
international corporation, as well as our personal lives.
Every employee is dependent on his fellow employees to work
together and contribute efficiently to the organization. No
employee can work alone; he has to take the help of his
colleagues to accomplish the tasks efficiently. It has been
observed that the outcome comes out to be far better when
employees work in a team rather than individually as every
individual can contribute in his best possible way. In
organizations, individuals having a similar interest and
specializations come together on a common platform and
form a team.
3. BENEFITS:
Problems solving: A single brain can’t bounce different ideas off of each
other. Each team member has a responsibility to contribute equally and
offer their unique perspective on a problem to arrive at the best possible
solution. Teamwork can lead to better decisions, products, or services. In
international corporation the quality of teamwork may be measured by
analyzing the following six components of collaboration among team
members: communication, learning, coordination, balance of member
contributions, mutual support, and effort. In one study, teamwork quality as
measured in this manner correlated with team performance in the areas of
effectiveness (i.e., producing high quality work) and efficiency (i.e., meeting
schedules and budgets). A 2008 meta-analysis also found a relationship
between teamwork and team effectiveness.
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5. Communication
Teamwork is the backbone of
effective communication within a
company. When employees work as
individuals or independently on
projects, they may not readily share
knowledge or new information. This
lack of communication increases the
time it takes to complete projects,
tasks or the development of solutions.
Teamwork promotes conversation
between employees regarding the
task at hand, possibly preventing
employees from working in opposite
directions. For example, if one
employee does not communicate that
one method of addressing a problem
is a dead end, and another employee
is still trying to use that method,
productivity is lowered.
Learning
When employees work together as a
team within a company, every
employee learns from one another. This
knowledge is not limited to the
personal experiences of coworkers;
employees from different departments
may learn information from each other
regarding the limitations and
possibilities of those departments. For
example, if a marketing department
consistently makes demands with
unrealistic deadlines to another
department, the marketing
department may see through
teamwork why its requests are
unreasonable.
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7. Healthy competition: A healthy competition in groups can be used to
motivate individuals and help the team excel.
Developing relationships: A team that continues to work together will
eventually develop an increased level of bonding. This can help people avoid
unnecessary conflicts since they have become well acquainted with each
other through team work. Team members’ ratings of their satisfaction with a
team is correlated with the level of teamwork processes present.
Everyone has unique qualities: Every team member can offer their unique
knowledge and ability to help improve other team members. Through
teamwork the sharing of these qualities will allow team members to be more
productive in the future.
