At the beginning of eighteen century, high quality products of Japan started occupying the world market rapidly. The success story of Japanese companies made American companies surprise and curious, then American soon found that team work was one of the keys for Japanese companies’ success. For two hundred years, team work has been widely applied successfully in business and it is considered as an important element in helping companies to work more effectively. For this reason, team work at workplace has become a very significant topic in business research during the past time. Understanding the importance role of team work in business as well as mastering the way to build an effective team is the leading skills for any leaders of any companies. What is team work and what is the difference between a team and a group? Team work is the collaboration in work of many individuals in the same group to obtain the same objective or mission .Many people will easily confuse two definitions of team and group. Team is a group of people who gather and work toward the same goal; team members take a responsibility and have a commitment each other to the success of team. While group is formed based on an interest or hobby without any commitment, group members don’t assume any responsibility. There are many ways to distinguish the team types and there is still not an agreement on this classification. According to the book “Inside Teams”, there are two popular types of team in business. Those are permanent work team and cross-functional team. Permanent work team may be either natural team or redesigned team. This kind of team which is often used in a production or service in which a team is in charge of a whole or separate part of production line or service.
The main character of this team is that they are self-directed meaning that they are responsible for their product