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Teamwork
In many of football, basketball or volleyball matches we see the coach gather his team to encourage them before the match begins and also during the break time. Some teams succeed to win a game while other doesn't. Sometimes the same team who won last time didn't win next time. Some teams are impossible to be defeated, while others are always known as losers. Context, composition, work design and process are the four elements that make an effective and successful team.
Context: Adequate resources: Sufficient support from management and organization will positively increase team effectiveness like proper equipment, back-up, adequate staffing and administrative support.
Effective leadership: Whether team was self-managed or had a leader, a good team structure will lead to better performance.
Climate of trust: When trust is being shared by team members workflow becomes easier, no need to watch each other behaviour and they are more secured by the idea of being safe on the hand of each other.
Performance evaluation and reward system: In addition to the individual rewarding system, there must be a team rewarding system to encourage team members to be jointly accountable.
Composition: Abilities of members: A right mix of technical expertise, problem solving and decision making and interpersonal skills will lead the team to better performance.
Personality: Extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience, The big five personality model, are relevant to team effectiveness. The mix of these five factors will affect the team more likely than the mean.
Allocating roles: Matching individual's preferences with t ...