To remain competitive, organization need to make effective use of resources to survive. The most important resources of an organization are its employees. Teamwork is used by organization for making improvements in various areas of organization.
• Improving productivity
Team working can make more effective and efficient use of employees and improve productivity by making team members more accountable to customers. It helps employees to undertake a wider range of tasks in the organization. Top level managers’ should delegate task to teams thus avoids day-to-day problems.
• Quality and product innovations
The establishment of quality and customer satisfaction is a driving force behind team working initiatives. …show more content…
Teamwork operates in one company will not be same in other company.
Senior management commitment
The introduction of teams is a major change that will affect the whole organization. Before such change senior manager should know how it will contribute to their overall strategy. Organization introduce team working as part of a strategy that should reduce costs, improve quality or encourage product or process innovation that is linked to the introduction of new technology.
Senior managers should need a firm commitment to team working throughout its introduction. This commitment is important if any problem arises from middle manager or employees.
Changing the culture
Introduction of team working in organization is a long term transformation. This results in change in tangible factors like attitudes of supervisors, managers and employees. Teamwork requires a participative style of management where employees should need a control over their own work.
Introduction of team working in organization should support the new environment. The manager's role should initiator, counselor and facilitator. Particular managerial tasks should aim to provide the right support and environment for effective team working and …show more content…
The first stage is to make an assessment of training needs. Training includes additional skills to enable team members to operate with the required flexibility. At the same time, interpersonal and team building skills to help team members communicate with each other. Training also includes problem solving skills and techniques such as the use of control charts, brainstorming and 'fish bone' diagrams. They also develop leadership skill among the team member.
Technical skills will make up an important part of any training program, particularly where an organization is moving to multi-skilling. For interpersonal skills training is important, in order to help employees and managers move into new groupings and changed relationships.
During training managers need to discuss the purpose and results of training with trainees and for the skills and knowledge learned to be reinforced through practice and coaching.
People need training to prepare them for team working followed by further training when teams develop. Arrangements should be made to get feedback on the effectiveness of training. Team members should be encouraged to discuss on how the reality of team working compares with their expectations before it was