Effective Team Working

Question 1

Why should employees work in teams? Benefits to the organisation:

Answer 1

Sharing of skills and knowledge will generate better ideas than individuals

Increases employee motivation improving efficiency and productivity

Multi skilled and flexible workforce’s can adapt to changing needs

Risk taking can benefit organisation

Question 2

Why should employees work in teams? Benefits to the employees:

Answer 2

Sense of value and belonging

Increased motivation and morale as performance is improving

Shared knowledge and skills

Question 3

What are the features of an effective team?

Answer 3

The size of the team

Shared goal/vision

Support

Team composition

Good leadership

Time scale

Communication

Risk taking

Question 4

How does the team composition make the team effective?

Answer 4

An effective team should be composed of people with various levels of skill, knowledge and experience

This will balance out strengths and weaknesses and a wide range of ideas can be generated

Question 5

How does the good leadership make the team effective?

Answer 5

A good leader provides direction, support, resources

They can resolve conflicts and ensure team works together towards goal

Question 6

How does the time scale make the team effective?

Answer 6

The longer a team works together the better they can “gel” and learn to work together effectively taking into account strengths, skills and knowledge