Group & Team

Group is a group of people while team is a group of people work as a team. Every team is a group but not all group is a team.


Advantage of Teamwork

  1. Having synergy
  2. Avoiding major errors
  3. Make better decision
  4. Having improvement
  5. Having innovation
  6. Stimulate motivation
  7. Greater job satisfaction
  8. Needs fulfullment


Disadvantage of Teamwork

  1. Pressure to conform to group standard and conduct
  2. Ostracized for productivity
  3. Social loafing
  4. Groupthink
  5. Inter-group conflicts


Team Leader's Roles

  1. Emphasize group recognition and rewards
  2. Identify and build the strength of team
  3. Develop trust and norm of teamwork
  4. Develop team's capabilities to anticipate and deal with change
  5. Empower teams to accomplish work with minimal interference
  6. Inspire and motivate team toward high levels of performance
  7. Recognize individual and team needs and timely attend to them
  8. Encourage and support team decisions
  9. Provide team with challenging and motivating work


Team Creativity

Process of generating new ideas by individuals working together in a complex social system.