by Rachelle de Bretagne

Created on: May 20, 2007   Last Updated: May 22, 2007

Teamwork and it's importance in a company

Every company, no matter how large, consists of different levels of expertise, each complimenting each other, to make that company work. Teamwork is what brings those chains together and keeps them working efficiently, recognizing that no matter how lowly the job, it has it's place within the structure of a team which is every bit as vital as those well remunerated jobs at Board level.

How it works.

Communication between human beings is as essential in the workplace as it is in life. Image parents that don't talk to children, children that don't talk to teachers, etc. In each of these scenarios what happens is that the chain of command or chain of understanding is broken, and the lack of communication leads to failure.

In a company situation.

In companies, Unions were formed to try and speak for the workers, although what the very foundation of these unions has proven is that there is a lack of communication between management and staff on certain issues. In a situation where management make decisions without consulting staff or indeed communicating with them, this breakdown leads to the breakage of team structure, which is vital to success.

To make a team work in a company, recognition and communication between all departments helps those departments not only to work better together as a team, but inform workers of the company's aims. This helps motivate staff towards those aims, and many people working towards similar aims spells success. Ideas are poured into the scenario not just from a management point of view, but from the point of view of those that perform the work at all levels, whose vision is essential to get an all round picture of how the company is working.

Meetings arranged with all the different levels of staff being present will open the company up to new ideas, and make those members of staff that work for the company feel involved in the decision making process. Those companies that do not involve staff in decision making actually cut down their chances of success by breaking the team ethic that is so essential to success.

Staff feel more motivated, involved and responsible, and at every level, what that responsibility does is to recognize the importance of each of the jobs that together make a team.

Sharing information.

Sharing of information and different levels of expertise works wonders. A manager may know the working practices concerning a machine, though only the machine worker will know how efficient those theoretical practices are in reality. By sharing information, teamwork enhances business, makes it more informed, create harmony and alleviates resentment between the different factors that need to work hand in hand in order to make a business work.

Teamwork has been proven to be the secret to successful business and if you were to imagine each person within that team as a little cog in a machine, without one of the cogs working, the whole machine stops. Equally as important as this, the communication between each faction means that the shared information adds value, oils that machine, and makes the teamwork more effective.

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