I have not had the opportunity to work in a team environment with Grantham during the course of my studies. However, I have been involved in numerous teams throughout my lifetime, working in both formal and informal teams. I have learned that an informal team emerges when a group of people with shared common interests comes together naturally on a regular basis. Formal teams are developed by direction from a governing body with the specific purpose to accomplish a task. When analyzing our team, I feel that we reflect the hallmarks of both a formal and informal work team. Our team is informal due to the fact that we came together as students with the common interest of completing our master degree. We are a formal team since we received
