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know. These, and many other questions, can be asked. By contributing to the
discussion that follows, most of your questions will be answered.
Ideas about teamwork and production to be discussed
In the present topic, prepare yourself to discuss :
• the link between teamwork and production:
• communicating in a team:
• building up a team: and
• Do people really enjoy work?
The link between teamwork and production
At any workplace there are goals and targets to be achieved. Achievement depends
on the collective effort of top management, the project manager and members of the
project team. Our starting point is the definition of key terms, and the following
activity invites you to make your first contribution.
?? Activity
1. My definition of teamwork is:
2. My definition of production is:
3. The connection between teamwork and production is that
Teamwork refers to a group of people working together in order to achieve a
common goal. Production, on the other hand, refers to the results of teamwork. For
example, if the goal of a car assembly plant is to assemble four cars in a day, and
only two are assembled, we say production is below target. Similarly, if a team at the
border post of a country takes ten hours to clear travellers, where it normally takes
four hours for a different team, we can say that team is not productive enough. The
connection between teamwork and production is that where members of a team pull
together, they are more productive, whatever type of business. Given this
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