main reason for forming work groups

The fundamental reason for organizing work groups is to improve the members' abilities to make decisions, solve problems, and participate in planning. Participation increases willingness and ability to participate in improvement and evaluation. For organizational teams to achieve their primary goals, individuals must form functional units that focus on the reasons for existence, mission, and goal.

Endorsing the outcomes

Yeah, I endorse the outcomes. I consider myself to be a good team player as well as a leader. The majority of my results were consistent across the board. My highest score, however, came from contributing to teamwork and interacting with team members where my score was 25 and 30 respectively. I looked at all the teamwork’s assignments with a third eye just as a manager does. I also took an initiative of keeping the team on track by lending my expertise and maintain quality checks at all times. I feel this part will be of great benefit to me in future when I am promoted to the management position. I will use these skills to enhance teamwork. I noted that through teamwork a lot of work that takes so many days to be completed by people working separately could be completed within the shortest time possible under one team.

Advantages of working as a team

Working as a team has so many advantages, not only does it shorten the time by which various tasks are completed but also boosts morale and ensures that everyone remains on track. When people work together within an organization more works is an accomplished within a short time. Along with the increased job performance credibility also sets in. Working with the team provided me with the experience and the professional contacts that I need to survive in this highly competitive world.

Strengths and weaknesses

I felt I have a lot of strength more than I had previously thought. My strength was interacting with teammates and expecting perfect results whereby my scores were 30 and 15 respectively. My experience played a significant role in enhancing this strength. In my career, everyone is supposed to adhere and demonstrate perfection from the first day they step into the army to the day they leave the service. My other strength was keeping the team on track and making sure everyone remains motivated and even updated on the deadlines. In our organization time is quite essential, and failure to honor timelines is taken to be unprofessional and unacceptable.

I also noted some weaknesses during the teamwork. I need to learn more about keeping the team on tracks. We have to find out how to come out of my comfort zone and work with my fellow team members for the benefit of our team. Everyone's contribution to the team success is critical, and when one member fails to do his/her part, the output will be affected. I at times give up very fast especially when I notice that I have pushed so hard. I think I have to learn to hold on for a much longer time through motivating others to remain on track.

Social Loafing

I disagree with social loafing when working in groups because I know that my effort is as crucial for the overall team performance as a team member I always want to do my part perfectly. I have noticed that during group work most people fail to bring out their true potential because they know that they are covered, or they expect others to do more. The social loafing behavior can be eliminated by ensuring that adequate resources are available to support teamwork and every member's contribution is taken seriously to boost morale and a sense of belonging. I think this is not a good practice as it wears down the rest of the team members. The loafing character can spread within a team, for instance, when people in a group expect others to loaf, this gives them a leeway to do the same. When working in a large group, the individual can transform to become even anonymous, and their contribution can't even be felt. The social loafing behavior can be eliminated by ensuring that adequate resources are available to support teamwork and every member's contribution is taken seriously to boost morale and a sense of belonging.

Advantages of Teamwork to Workplace

Working effectively in teamwork does give you an edge in the workplace. What happens is that your contribution will improve your teams' productivity and the entire team will receive the credit. Teamwork allows people with different morals, background, and ethnicity to achieve common goals. Less effort is used to produce very high results. Effective teamwork is building a long-term work relationship which increases productivity and makes a company thrive. When a team is capable, different personalities blend and their overall output are always excellent.

How Do Groups Normally Develop?

In most circumstances, groups are made by the administration, but in some cases, teams are created by persons who share common goals, for instance, the organization which I currently work for organizations are set up by supervisors. This situation does not, however, create optimal results in most cases because the people who form groups might not share the same goals. In the previous employment ventures when we all had the same aims and visions, we accomplished so many things, and everyone within our team benefited a lot.

Influence on Team’s Development

The effectiveness of a team can be determined by measuring the possible outcome from that particular team. For a group to become a team, then various essential things have to be met, accountability becomes collective and all members bear the burden caused by one member, leadership in the group's activities becomes a shared responsibility, The group also has to develop its mission statement, and problem solving becomes collective and part of life. Because of personal problems and unstable personalities, many groups never grow to become teams. If an individual within the team is engaging in social loafing, the group doesn't graduate to form a team.

Conclusion

Teamwork is essential for the performance of any institution or even a non-profit making organization. Specific features of charities and voluntary organization make the development of leadership even a more difficult task. Teamwork is essential to an organization because institutions are more likely to remain united. Synergy is the greatest activity in life as it exploits psychological, emotional, and mental differences among individuals.

References

Frazer, R. & Oswald, P. (2009). Teamwork!. New York: Simon Spotlight.

Sullivan, E. (2002). Teamwork and collaboration. Journal Of Perianesthesia Nursing, 17(5), 344-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jpan.2002.35489