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teamwork
Sign in to saveAlso known as team work, teamwork in the workplace
thumb|Six people pushing a van thumb|U.S. Navy sailors hauling in a mooring line thumb|A U.S. Navy rowing team thumb|A group of people forming a strategy thumb|A group of people collaborating Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in an effective and efficient way. Teamwork is seen within the framework of a team, which is a group of interdependent individuals who work together towards a common goal.
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Effective teamwork characteristics
- Basic team dynamics
- Processes
- Transition processes
- Action processes
- Interpersonal processes
- Training to improve teamwork
- Enhancing teamwork
- Leadership and teamwork
- Drawbacks and benefits
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Six people pushing a van thumb|U.S. Navy sailors hauling in a mooring line thumb|A U.S. Navy rowing team thumb|A group of people forming a strategy thumb|A group of people collaborating Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in an effective and efficient way. Teamwork is seen within the framework of a team, which is a group of interdependent individuals who work together towards a common goal.
The four key characteristics of a team include a shared goal, interdependence, boundedness, stability, the ability to manage their own work and internal process, and operate in a bigger social system.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “teamwork” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.