Teamwork is defined as "a joint action by a group of people”, in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group.
Teamwork is the act of working together and putting in joint efforts to achieve a common goal or mission.
Importance of team work in achieving organizational goal
1. Team work makes you perform better and produce better result. In a team every member is responsible for success. It is a combination of strengths, covering up the individual weaknesses. The strengths and weaknesses of team members are complemented. Hence the goal is achieved with the maximum efforts.
2. When there is brainstorm session to find a solution for a problem, there is high probability of obtaining many different and creative ideas. This effort enables the team to obtain many alternatives and implement the best action plan and assign the tasks to the people involved.
3. Teamwork helps individuals raise their self-esteem. Every team member feels important and needed. When each person is aware of his/her role and is part of a team, person gets a sense of belonging. The person uses his/her talents maximum and creativity to do the best.
4. Teamwork promotes unity, rapport and bonding. When people working together are ready to give and take, help and support one another because the main focus is to accomplish their mission. All the team members have a common goal to achieve.
5. Teamwork helps individuals develop personal responsibility. Even though the main focus is the team 's goal, each person knows that he is accountable and is responsible to do his part or role. As a result every team member has accountability for the part of the task.
6. Team work leads to a higher quality output, some times more than desired level of output.
7. Enhances better decision making process in the favor of organizational effectiveness.
8. In teamwork people find it easy to learn new skills. They may even do