Briefly Discuss the Importance of Teamwork in the Workplace Today. Discuss Key Problems Which Teams May Face and Evaluate Possible Solutions to These Problems.

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Course: Graduate Diploma (Cohort 2) Topic: Briefly discuss the importance of teamwork in the workplace today. Discuss key problems which teams may face and evaluate possible solutions to these problems. Bailey, S (2011) stated that team-work is very important because it is a required skill for job applicants and it helps individuals achieve greater goals whilst working in a team. However, exist of problems within a group is possible and may negatively affect the outcome of team-working once a group is not formed and run properly. This essay focuses on solving some main problems which teams possibly encounter in workplace. It will then evaluate solutions for these problems. Working in teams may deal with three main following problems. Firstly, there could be miscommunication among team members. That leads to misunderstanding as well as lack of appreciation of each other, and then tasks may not be completed as expected. Secondly, there is a situation that a person contributes less while working in a team rather than working individually, which is defined as “social loafing” (Kavita Singh, 2010:251). Consequently, work will be delayed by this social loafer and other members may feel unfair because they have to attempt more to meet deadlines. Thirdly, a team with great minds but poor leadership is also likely results in failure. Simon Oates, leadership expert, indicated four traits of poor leadership which are impatience, aggression, insincerity and incompetence, thus cause a poor performance of a whole team. For getting rid of those problems, there are several ways which are suggested by The University of Queensland, Australia. First of all, a team should have regular meetings in order to identify specific issues which cause the ineffective communication and clarify what is going on so that each member could understand those issues thoroughly. Furthermore, roles

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