The Poster describes the importance of teamwork in an organisation and the issues that the members might face while working in the team. The topic not only covers the Issues but also mentions the necessary recommendations to overcome the issue.

1. Team Work
INTRODUCTION:
The process of working collaboratively with a group of
people in order to achieve a goal. Teamwork is often a
crucial part of a business, as it is often necessary for
colleagues to work well together, trying their best in any
circumstance to achieve a desired task. (Francis, D., & Young,
D. (1979). Improving Work Groups. San Diego, California:
University Associates.)
Teamwork means that people will try to cooperate, using
their individual skills and providing constructive feedback,
despite any personal conflict between individuals. (Harris, P.
R., & Harris, K. G. (1996). Managing effectively through
teams, Team Performance Management.)
IMPORTANCE:
 Teamwork motivates unity in the workplace
 Teamwork offers differing perspectives and feedback
 Teamwork provides improved efficiency and productivity
 Teamwork provides great learning opportunities
 Teamwork promotes workplace synergy
 Teamwork Fosters Creativity and Learning.
 Creativity thrives when people work together on a team.
 Teamwork Blends Complementary Strengths.
 Teamwork Builds Trust.
 Teamwork Teaches Conflict Resolution Skills.
 Teamwork Promotes a Wider Sense of Ownership.
 Teamwork Encourages Healthy Risk-Taking.
IMPACTS:
 ENVIRONMENTAL :The essentials of teamwork has set an important role in achieving the goals in the workplace. External factors which affects the
teamwork are political, economic, social and technological factors, Whereas, the internal factors constitute the diversity (culture, talent and
personalities), leadership style and communication among employees and managements departments (Agarwal and Adjirackor, 2016).
 PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY: There is an obvious connection between teamwork and the level and quality of productivity and occupational
performance in workplaces. Employees in today’s business world are assigned to do work within groups (Teamwork projects) which give them the
opportunities to develop their skills and strengthen their knowledge. Studies shows that work within a team are producing more than working as in
an individual work. (Ibrahim, Md Johar, Abdul Rahman, 2018).
 RESEARCH STUDY: “More number of researchers agreed to the fact that working in a team reduces incivility and bullying as the team members are
more focused upon the accomplishment of the tasks” (Khan, S. and Mashikhi, 2017)
ISSUE:
An example of dysfunctions that may occur in team is “GROUPTHINK”
This word is adopted since 1972 by Yale University social psychology and is defined as a dysfunction that happened when a teamworking reaches a
consensus without critical reasoning and evaluated the consequences of their decision (Investopedia, 2019). In brief, the team consider that all
decisions they are making can never go wrong.
OVERCOMING THE ISSUE:
To overcoming and preventing the Groupthink, below some
strategies;
 Recruit a diverse team.
 Impartial leader should remain
 Encourage debate.
 Considerate external opinion.
 Self evaluation
.
REFRENCES :
 Francis, D., & Young, D. (1979). Improving Work Groups. San Diego, California: University Associates.
 Harris, P. R., & Harris, K. G. (1996). Managing effectively through teams. Team Performance Management:
 An International Journal, 2(3), 23-36.
 Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. T. (1995). Social Interdependence - Cooperative Learning in Education. In B.
 Bunker & J. Z. Rubin (Eds.), Conflict, Cooperation, and Justice (pp. 205-251). San Francisco: JosseyBass Publishers.
 Agarwal, S. and Adjirackor, T., 2016. Impact of teamwork on organizational productivity in some selected basic schools in the Accra metropolitan assembly. European Journal of Business, Economics and Accountancy, 4(6), pp.40-
52.
 Khan, S. and Mashikhi, L.S., 2017. Impact of teamwork on employees performance. International. Journal of Education and Social Science, 4(11), pp.14-22.
 Rosen, N. (2014). Teamwork and the bottom line: groups make a difference: Psychology Press.
Antecedents Symptoms Consequences
-High cohesion
-Complex situation
-Strong directive
leader
-Insulation from
outside
-lack of procedures
to consider
alternatives
-Illusion of
invulnerability
-Belief in the morality of
the group
-Collective
rationalisation
-Stereotyping outsiders
-Self-censorship
-Illusion of unanimity
-Direct pressure on
dissenters
-Self-appointed mind
guards
- Poor information
gathering
- Selective information
processing
-Development of new
alternatives
- Failure of consider real
risk fully
- Failure to re-evaluation
decision and alternatives
- Failure to develop
contingency plan