WEEK 9

Advantages and Disadvantages of Teamwork 

First, Working in teams increases collaboration and allows brainstorming. As a result, more ideas are developed and productivity improves. Second, Two or more people are always better than one for solving problems, finishing off difficult tasks and increasing creativity. Third, Everyone is unique and has different skills, backgrounds and experiences. Therefore, others in a team can help you see things from a different angle. Teamwork encourages communication between team members. For this reason, relations between employees tend to be better and over time employees learn to communicate better. However in some teams, there may be members who sit back and let others do all the work. In these types of teams conflicts may occur and this can affect the mood of others in the team. Working in a team requires many meetings and these meetings, if not managed well, can go off topic and decrease the efficiency of the team. Making decisions can take longer for the sake of finding a consensus. Hence, delays occur.

Four skills that necessary for group work are shaper that drives work forward and gets things done, has a clear idea of the desired direction of travel, the implementer that also gets things done, looking for ways to turn talk into action and generate practical activity, completer finisher that focuses on completing tasks, and tidying up all the loose ends and coordinator who manage the group dynamics, often in a leadership role.

Verbal Communication means that the use of sounds and words to express yourself, especially in contrast to using gestures or mannerisms (non-verbal communication). An example of verbal communication is saying “No” when someone asks you to do something you don't want to do. 

Written Communication means that it involves any type of message that makes use of the written word. Written communication is the most important and the most effective of any mode of business communication. Some of the various forms of written communications that are used internally for business operations include: Memos. Reports.