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The Advantages of Teamwork at the Workplace

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Teamwork in the workplace has never seemed as important as it currently stands. Much of the cross-training that takes place in the workplace is due to the extended importance that has been placed on developing teams comprised of members who can handle a variety of tasks and are able to transition throughout the company at a moment's notice. There are important components that a team must have in order to be the efficient and effective force that most managers desire of them. Effective teams are likely to include individuals skilled in the art of communication, as well as personnel who understand processes, how they work and how they are implemented. A recent study determined that "a recent review of decades of scientific articles and patent applications has revealed that our most important scientific innovations are increasingly produced by collaborating teams" (Wuchty, Jones, Uzzi, 2007, p. 1036). Scientific innovations is not the only area in which collaborating teams have shown success, teams in the workforce arena are showing a similar degree of success as determined by other studies including one that found "teamwork is a growing mode of operation within organizations" (Ahanchian, McCormick, p. 386). There are a number of advantages to teamwork in the workplace that draws the attention of many business managers; collaboration allows for a pooling of resources that might not otherwise be available, and it oftentimes produces results that are superior to other

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