LE04

Teamwork is an important concept in any kind of organisation. It is impossible to function in an organisation without the teamwork. Efficiency in any organization is dependent on the amount of trust team members have in on another. The best example of teamwork that I can give is that of a CIRCUS. When a show man swings from one rope to the other he must have utmost trust in his partner who is suppose to catch him.

CONCEPT:

In order to understand the importance of teamwork we must 1^st look at the types of people in an organization:

1) Theory X : The managers who assume that the people working under them are lazy and are bound to avoid work if they get a chance. The only way to make people work is by threat and use of power. More often than not this theory does not allow employees to gel amongst themselves and know each other.

2) Theory Y : Contrary to Theory X , lies the motto for Theory Y . This management style assumes that the employees are self motivated and are ambitious. A Theory Y manager believes that, given the right conditions, most people will want to do well at work. This allows employees to learn from one another and have a positive attitude towards work.

For an organization to function we need people with Theory Y people throughout the organization. If there was no team work the organization would some what look like this where the load has to be borne by just 1 individual.

EXAMPLE:

To understand the concept of teamwork let take an example of 3 people who are trying to cross a valley:

Factors to be assumed are:

1. The valley is bigger than 1 step and smaller than 2 steps.

      2.   It needs only 3 people who are equidistant from one another.

      3.  The log must be longer than 3 steps.

We can observe here that all the 3 people have crossed the valley without much of a trouble. It has been possible due to teamwork. Had they been walking alone and tried to cross individually, this couldn't have been possible or could have been more difficult and time consuming.

OBSERVATIONS:

Why were they able to complete the task?

In order to successfully do this we need to follow 3 stages:

     1.       Structuring the task:  Step by step analysis of how to go about doing a particular task is structured and charted out.

     2.       Defining team roles: Responsibility of each individual must be clear. Load on all individuals must be similar so as to allow smooth functioning.

     3.       Preparation and Execution: Training individuals to do the task and finally executing it successfully.

RESULT:

      1.       All (3) member Roles have equal distribution of different kinds of situations:

                                Risky --- 1 situation;

                                Half risky --- 2 situations;

                                Fully Safe --- 2 situations

      2.       All (3) members have similar roles in terms of effort and risk. Nobody was overloaded or was allowed to relax.

      3.   They were able to cross the valley because of proper synchronization and understanding between one another.

   

      CONCLUSION:

A team without team work is like a body without heart. It has all the components but doesn’t have blood circulating to keep every part alive.