Glossary
A Examine the Benefits of Teams in a Business Setting
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A team - a group of people who collaborate on a common goal
A group - a collection of people who work together to make things happen
Formal teams - Official and designated to serve a specific purpose such as the marketing team
Informal teams - group of individuals who get together outside of the formal organisational structure to accomplish a goal
Small teams - 2-9 members with better interaction and morale
Large teams - 10 + members which may require some division of labour and more difficult interaction
Temporary teams - Teams that exist for a finite period such as the length of a project
Permanent teams - groups that are formed and expected to remain in place for the long term, such as a department in a business
Remote/virtual teams - Groups of people who work together on projects but are not physically in the same location. They may communicate using online communication tools
Horizontal teams - Teams composed of employees from about the same hierarchical level but from several different departments in the business
Vertical teams - Composed of a manager and his or her subordinates in the formal chain of command, in one functional department
Team purpose - The reasons for the team and what it exists to achieve
Characteristics of a team - The traits possessed and demonstrated by a team
Sense of purpose - The recognition of the shared goals of the team
Team goals - The outcomes desired for the team as a whole
Team roles - The tasks allocated to individual members of a team
Lines of authority - The plan of who is responsible to whom and for what
Team conflict - A real or perceived difference in interests between two or more team members
Personal traits - an individual's unique combination of qualities and characteristics
Group norms - the beliefs or behaviors that a group of people accepts as normal
Interpersonal relationships - The way in which people interact with each other
Contribution - The efforts of individuals in their team goals
Alienation - feeling isolated and separated from everyone else
Expertise - Specialist knowledge and skills
Identification of talent - The awareness of the knowledge and skills of individual members in a team
Motivation - a feeling of enthusiasm, interest, or commitment that makes somebody want to contribute more to the team goals
Innovation - An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
