Team
A Team is a group of people that collaborates through coordinated effort to achieve shared goals.
- AKA: Team of Individuals, Work Team, Collaborative Group.
- Context:
- It can typically involve Team Communication through team meetings and team discussions.
- It can typically require Team Coordination via task distribution and responsibility sharing.
- It can typically demonstrate Team Synergy through collective performance exceeding individual contributions.
- It can typically establish Team Culture via shared values and behavioral norms.
- It can typically develop Team Cohesion through trust building and mutual support.
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- It can often utilize Team Processes including decision making protocols and conflict resolution mechanisms.
- It can often exhibit Team Dynamics through interpersonal relationships and power structures.
- It can often require Team Resources such as shared tools and collaborative spaces.
- It can often benefit from Team Development via skill enhancement and capability building.
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- It can range from being a Small Team to being a Large Team, depending on its team member count.
- It can range from being a Temporary Team to being a Permanent Team, depending on its team duration.
- It can range from being a Co-located Team to being a Distributed Team, depending on its team geographic distribution.
- It can range from being a Homogeneous Team to being a Diverse Team, depending on its team member backgrounds.
- It can range from being a Functional Team to being a Dysfunctional Team, depending on its team effectiveness.
- It can range from being a Hierarchical Team to being a Self-Organized Team, depending on its team governance structure.
- It can range from being an Inspired Team to being a Dispirited Team, depending on its team motivation level.
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- It can have Team Leaders providing team direction and team facilitation.
- It can maintain Team Standards through performance expectations and quality benchmarks.
- It can participate in Team Activities including team building exercises and collaborative projects.
- It can follow Team Lifecycle from team formation through team dissolution.
- It can implement Team Agreements defining working arrangements and collaboration protocols.
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- Example(s):
- Sports Teams, such as:
- Professional Sports Teams, such as:
- Basketball Team like Los Angeles Lakers competing in professional leagues.
- Football Team like Manchester United playing in international competitions.
- Amateur Sports Teams, such as:
- Community Sports Team participating in local leagues.
- School Sports Team representing educational institutions.
- Professional Sports Teams, such as:
- Organizational Teams, such as:
- Management Teams making strategic decisions.
- Project Teams delivering specific objectives.
- Cross-Functional Teams integrating diverse expertise.
- Department Teams managing functional areas.
- Technology Teams, such as:
- Software Development Teams creating software products.
- Data Science Teams analyzing complex datasets.
- IT Support Teams maintaining technology infrastructure.
- Tech-Product Teams developing technology solutions.
- Creative Teams, such as:
- Design Teams producing visual solutions.
- Film Production Teams creating motion pictures.
- Music Bands performing musical compositions.
- Emergency Response Teams, such as:
- Medical Teams providing healthcare services.
- Fire Fighting Teams responding to emergency situations.
- Search and Rescue Teams conducting rescue operations.
- Academic Teams, such as:
- Research Teams conducting scientific investigations.
- Teaching Teams delivering educational programs.
- Historical Teams, such as:
- The U.S. Founders establishing governmental frameworks.
- Apollo 11 Crew achieving lunar landing.
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- Sports Teams, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Speech Audience, which lacks collaborative interaction and shared responsibility.
- Random Crowd, which has no common purpose or coordinated effort.
- Social Network, which may connect people without team structure or collective goals.
- Customer Base, which shares product interest but not collaborative work.
- Individual Contributor, who works alone without team collaboration.
- See: Task Force, Group of People, Team Building, Team Management, Crew, Partnership, Organization Team, Team Role, Team Dynamics, Collaboration.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/team Retrieved:2020-4-15.
- A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, "[a] team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills [1] and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims:
Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations.
While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually followed a volatile trend in the 20th century. [2] The concept was introducedinto business in the late 20th century, which was followed by a popularization of the concept of constructing teams. Differing opinions exist on the efficacy of this new management fad. Some see "team" as a four-letter word: overused and under-useful. [3] Others see it as a panacea that realizes the human-relations movement's desire to integrate what that movement perceives as best for workers and as best for managers. [4] Still others believe in the effectiveness of teams, but also see them as dangerous because of the potential for exploiting workers — in that team effectiveness can rely on peer pressure and peer surveillance. [5] However, Hackman sees team effectiveness not only in terms of performance: a truly effective team will contribute to the personal well-being and adaptive growth of its members. [6] English-speakers commonly use the word "team" in today's society to characterise many types of groups. Peter Guy Northouse's book Leadership: theory and practice
discusses teams from a leadership perspective. According to the team approach to leadership, a team is a type of organizational group of people that are members.A team is composed of members who are dependent on each other, work towards interchangeable achievements, and share common attainments. A team works as a whole together to achieve certain things. A team is usually located in the same setting as it is normally connected to a kind of organization, company, or community. Teams can meet in-person (directly face-to-face) or virtually when practicing their values and activities or duties. A team's communication is significantly important to their relationship.Ergo, communication is frequent and persistent, and as well are the meetings. The definition of team as an organizational group is not completely set in stone, as organizations have confronted a myriadof new forms of contemporary collaboration. Teams usually have strong organizational structured platforms and respond quickly and efficiently to challenges as they have skills and the capability to do so. An effective organizational team leads to greater productivity, more effective implementation of resources, better decisions and problem-solving, better-quality products/service, and greater innovation and originality. Alongside the concept of a team, compare the more structured/skilled concept of a crew, the advantages of formal and informal partnerships, or the well-defined - but time-limited - existence of task forces.
A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members. Thus teams of game players can form (and re-form) to practise their craftsport. Transport logistics executives can select teams of horses, dogs, or oxen for the purpose of conveying passengers or goods.
- A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.