Teamwork Reflection Essay

1718 Words7 Pages
Introduction Team or group work is the most frequently adopted process both in workplaces and educational sectors. The frequent implementation of team work reflects its significance in carrying out tasks as well as its advantages in comparison with individual work. In this semester, I have learnt great amount of team work knowledge both from the course prescribed materials and from literature works. The purpose of this reflection is to review all the important theories I have encompassed in this semester and my practical implements of these theories. This reflection will not only remind me the entire structure of this subject, but also find a way for future improvement. This reflection can be divided into four parts which are how teamwork helps a team, the reason of team failure, positive contributions to a team and patterns of adult learning. In each part, I will include theories I have learned, practical implements I have achieved and evaluations of my performance. Reflection The first and foremost theory which I encounter is the mechanism of how team work can enhance the efficiency of the each team member. There are several aspects of teamwork’s function: firstly, teamwork has increased the team information process ability by integrating different perspectives; secondly, teamwork has to large extent increased the accuracy of decision making and brought about more feasible solutions; thirdly, teamwork has encouraged each team member to improve himself by introducing a ‘competition system into the team’. Fourthly, team members can benefit from supplementary and learning process in the team. These four aspects form the basis of teamwork’s functions and have significant implications in people’s work and study. Before this semester, I was engaged in different types of team all the way from primary school to university. However, I have rarely thought about

More about Teamwork Reflection Essay

Open Document