Teamwork
Human progress is rooted in cooperation. No organization can achieve great heights by the efforts of one individual. This is for two reasons. Firstly, one person cannot possibly have the detailed access to the entire spectrum of knowledge required to run business and secondly no individual can have the time to carry out the entire set of activities himself.
Thus business success depends on a group of individuals who complement each other in skill sets and carry out activities in a spirit of cooperation and in a coordinated manner.
Teamwork can best be understood in a team sport like cricket. In a game of cricket some player may sometimes have to score slowly to prevent the team from getting bowled out. Similarly, some player may not be in the playing eleven considering the overall playing conditions and the profile of the opponents.
To draw parallels in business, a sales executive could be allotted a region where sales are more difficult to get. Further, an employee may have to sit out of a prestigious project because the skillset of some other employee may be more suited for that project.
Employees willingly accepting these situations will be demonstrating high standards of teamwork.
Teamwork comes into play in all business relationships including dealing with suppliers and customers.
Let us at Greenovoc continue to practice teamwork in our day-to-day activities
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Team work is a pre historic concept and mammoth edifices like the ancient pyramids or medieval Taj Mahal would not have seen the light of the day, had it not been for team work. Humans and pre-humans formed tribal groups that worked together on common goals. This evolved into structured and settled villages with a chief who would direct the work, of security and subsistence, relying heavily on the feeling of cooperation, collaboration and loyalty of the members of that group. The joint family system was the foundation of society for centuries and its operating principle was teamwork. The freedom struggles of various countries, the revolts for democracy and rights, the fights against slavery and discrimination are all examples of excellent team work centered on a common goal.
The word "teamwork" is a combination of the words "team" and "work" and was first formally recorded and recognized somewhere between 1820 and 1830. Organizations and mainly military formations began to truly appreciate team work during the World War I and the relationship got highly intertwined during World War II and thereafter. As organizations grew in scale and reach, the word steadily gained significance. Modern Management Science in its mission to understand the drivers of growth rarely skipped mentioning team work. The concept was deeply driven in the psyche of people world over by the researchers of organizational behaviour. Even a perfunctory look at the job expectations today would identify ‘Teamwork’ as a non- negotiable attribute for all job profiles from top to bottom.
Team work would be impossible to achieve if the individual does not identify with the collective goal. Humans have realised in many ways that cooperation originates in the need of an individual to accomplish purposes which he individually cannot achieve and so the organization’s existence become inevitable. As many individuals are engaged in cooperative behaviour, it constantly changes and the complex biological, psychological and social factors are in constant interaction. The dynamics of being together and working together be it in the home, the organization, the society or the polity have made interdependence the most crucial factor in the achievement of goals and objectives. It is therefore surprising when individuals need to be given team work training. But then it is never too late to make amends. When members of a group control their egos, self- centeredness and give up the microcosmic view, the beauty of TEAMWORK unfolds!
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