Making teams more productive is a constant issue for most managers. Productivity is, of course, the essence of what makes businesses competitive, but it is particularly important in times of economic slowdown such as the one we are currently experiencing.
A common pitfall seen in business organizations is the confusion between a "group" and a "team." With "team" being a buzzword in today's business world, we often think that any work in which various people work together is, by definition, a team. This is a gross error. We have always worked as a group. A restaurant, for example, is a group in which there is a general manager, cooks, waiters and waitresses, cleaning people, and so on. Each person performs specific tasks given to them by management, and each person is evaluated according to how well he has done the task at hand. They work as a group, but not as a team.
A common pitfall seen in business organizations is the confusion between a "group" and a "team." With "team" being a buzzword in today's business world, we often think that any work in which various people work together is, by definition, a team. This is a gross error. We have always worked as a group. A restaurant, for example, is a group in which there is a general manager, cooks, waiters and waitresses, cleaning people, and so on. Each person performs specific tasks given to them by management, and each person is evaluated according to how well he has done the task at hand. They work as a group, but not as a team.
A team is also a collective, but as opposed to a group, decisions are shared, the rules are internally established, and the rewards (or punishments) are shared by all. Companies often actively push team-building since they force people to cooperate with one another, thus getting rid of the usual internal fighting that costs companies plenty. However, not all activities should be handled as teams, because one problem with the team concept is that it usually requires more time as decisions have to be reached as a consensus rather than by the unilateral moves of a manager.
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