BUSINESS LDT ORGANIZATIONAL TEAMWORK

BUSINESS LDT: ORGANIZATIONAL TEAMWORK

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Organizational Teamwork

Teamwork is one of the most important elements that determine the success of an organization. Driskel et al. (2018) define teamwork as a process in which members of a team work together in unison towards the achievement of organizational common goals. It involves the activities in which team input translates into team output such as team satisfaction and effectiveness. Organizations that practice teamwork create unity and collaboration which helps in solving complex problems within the workplace. In other words, effective teamwork helps retain motivation, save money, and increase efficiency and effectiveness within the organization. However, it is also important to note that ineffective teamwork within the organization creates a toxic working environment which leads to extreme problems such as communication breakdowns, time and resource wastage, and unwillingness to share workloads with others.

Poor communication between employees is one of the major problems that result from ineffective teamwork within the organization. In every organization communication is one of the most important factors towards the achievement of both short and long goals. Through effective communication, organizations are able to promote employee motivation by clarifying and informing employees within different organizational departments about the tasks to be done and the manner in which those should be achieved. However, problematic communication that results from ineffective teamwork usually result to lack of coordination between employees hence leading to the problem of low productivity within the organization (Driskel et al.,2018). Therefore, in order to ensure improved productivity, it is imperative that organizations should adopt strategies that ensure effective teamwork which results to proper communication and coordination within the organization.

References

Dinh, J. V., & Salas, E. (2017). Factors that influence teamwork. The Wiley Blackwell handbook

of the psychology of team working and collaborative processes, 13-41.