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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS A GOAL

WHAT IS A TEAM

TEAM VS THE INDIVIDUAL

BENEFITS FROM TEAMWORK

CHARACTERSTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE TEAM

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION:

A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are

committed to a common purpose, common performance goals, and

approach for which they hold them selves mutually accountable. In a

team the members have to aim for the common goal than their individual

achievement. If every member contributes to the team with their efforts

then as a whole the teams goal is achieved but if the members become

self oriented then individually they may get success but the purpose of

the team remains unattained. So the team members have to give more

emphasis on the common goal rather than their individual success.

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1.WHAT IS A GOAL:

Goal is a desired result a person or an team envisions, plans and works on

it to achieve it.Roughly it is similar to aim or objective.

We are going to explain the whole presentation relating to cricket worldcup 2011.In this world cup the goal of every team is carry the world cup.

2. WHAT IS A TEAM

Actually team forms by summing up individuals and common

goals.Teams include people with mix of skills appropriate to the task to

be done. Team members need technical, problem solving, decision

making and inter-personal skills. Not all members will have all the

required skills; different members will have different skills. How ever, as

the team grows, develops and matures, team members will come to have

more of the necessary skills.

Having a common purpose and common performance goals sets the tone

and direction of the team. A team comes together to take action to pursue

a goal so the purpose becomes the focus of the team.

3 TEAM VS THE INDIVIDUAL

A)Decision:

Making team normally widely used in organisations.The question arises,

does this imply that team decisions are preferable to those made by an

individual alone? The answer to question depends on number of factors.

B)Accuracy:

A team with its members drawn from many disciplines has got the

capacity to generate more ideas than individuals. Heterogeneous people

with different characteristics can bring a creative alternative and make of

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more likely that the solution will be understood accepted and

implemented.

C)Risky shift:

Average risk taking score tends to be higher in team.Teams are able to

share information in an open environment members become more

familiar with the problem being discussed.Initially they encourage

cautions, go slow tactics and once the problem is familiarized they are

willing to take adventureous risky decision.

4 BENEFITS FROM TEAMWORK:

Enhanced performance can come in many forms ,including increasedproductivity, improved quality and improved customer

service.Working in teams enables workers to avoid waster effort,

reduced errors and respond better to customers,resulting in more

output for each employee input.

Employee benefitsfrom team include better quality of work life andreduced stress. Rather than relying on the traditional, hierarchical

,manager-based system, teams give employees freedom to grow andgain respect and dignity by managing themselves, making decisions

about their work, and really making a difference in the world around

them.Consequently employees benefit immensely from teams.

Teamwork involves the collective effort of a group of people who

represent diverse backgrounds , exposure and experiences.As more

ideas are produced and alternatives are considered ,the team is able

make optimal decisions.

If more heads are involved it is obvious that decision will be quick and

effective.

Teams benefit management through organizational enhancement ,which

include increased innovation, creativity and flexibility.

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5 CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS

The following are eight characteristics of effective teams the were

identified by Larson and LaFasto in their book titled Teamwork: What

Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong (Sage Publications 1989).

1. The team must have a clear goal. Avoid fuzzy, motherhood

statements. Team goals should call for a specific performance

objective, expressed so concisely that everyone knows when the

objective has been met.

2. The team must have a results-driven structure. The team should be

allowed to operate in a manner that produces results. It is often best

to allow the team to develop the structure.

3. The team must have competent team members. In the education

setting this can be take to mean that the problem given to the team

should be one that the members can tackle given their level of

knowledge.

4. The team must have unified commitment. This doesn't mean that

team members must agree on everything. It means that all

individuals must be directing their efforts towards the goal. If an

individual's efforts is going purely towards personal goals, then the

team will confront this and resolve the problem.

5. The team must have a collaborative climate. It is a climate of trust

produced by honest, open, consistent and respectful behavior. With

this climate teams perform well...without it, they fail.

6. The team must have high standards that are understood by all.

Team members must know what is expected of them individually

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and collectively. Vague statements such as "positive attitude" and

"demonstrated effort" are not good enough.

7. The team must receive external support and encouragement.

Encouragement and praise works just as well in motivating teams

as it does with individuals.

8. The team must have principled leadership. Teams usually need

someone to lead the effort. Team members must know that the

team leader has the position because they have good leadership

skills and are working for the good of the team. The team members

will be less supportive if they feel that the team leader is putting

him/herself above the team, achieving personal recognition or

otherwise benefiting from the position.

6 MORAL OF DISCUSSION

See ppt

CONCLUSION:See ppt.

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