The document summarizes an article about why most competitive team-building events are ineffective and waste time. It argues that competition encourages people to act selfishly rather than cooperatively and that people learn less when competing against each other. It then discusses how the ideas in the article relate to the importance of effective teamwork and strong, productive teams in corporations. Teams need leadership and members who can work well together through trust and caring about common goals.

1. Chapter 9
Working Together
Supervising Teams,
Teambuilding, and
Coaching

2.  Videos
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxrs
ngEJDw
 (maybe this one ^ even though its kinda
lame)

3. ARTICLE 1
 The article titled “Top Five Reasons why most
team building events are a waste of time” is
written by Alexander Kjerulf
 States a lot of team building events have
elements of placing coworkers against each
other in competitive events.
 Espicially ironic beause companies today
want their employees to cooperate more,
work well in teams, and to share knowledge.

4. Why competitive team building isn’t
successful for a company
1. Competition does not create an
experience of success
2. Competition brings out the worst in
people
3. People learn less when they’re
competing
4. Competition lowers performance
5. Waste of time

5. How the article relates to
Chapter 9
 Teams and groups are always used in
coorporations
 It is important for them go be stong in order to be
productive
 Formally appointed teams have an appointed
leader who possesses the power to influence
others and may have decision making authority,
 Its important for people to be able to work with all
kinds of people
 A team is highly successful when members care
and trust each other. This creates
interdependency.

6. Contd.
 Teamwork is the actual action that a
team performs. Its coorporative effort by
a groupd of persons acting together.