Effective Team Building

A team can be defined as a small group of people who are having complementary skills and working together for a common purpose to achieve agreed specific target (Borkowski, 2009).
When building a team, one may follow eight stages to ensure the better performance in it (Borkowski, 2009). As the first step in building a team, it should be given proper directions and urgency. The members of the team should believe that their team has a worthwhile purpose and the administrator should explain to the members about what is expected from them. Secondly, on the basis of skills and skill potential, the administrator should select the team members. They should not be selected on the basis of their personality. As an administrator, attention should be paid to the first meeting and actions of the team. This helps the administrator to get an idea of how the team will perform in future (Borkowski, 2009). The team may set and grasp the immediate tasks and objectives. The administrator could challenge the group consistently with new facts and information. This will help the team to redefine its goals. Rules of clear behavior should be set by the team. This will enhance the smooth working of the team. If any kind of unfavorable rules is seen, the …show more content…
Due to the way, different disciplines are trained, psychological variables and the culture and administration of healthcare organizations, the challenges to effective teamwork arises. Immaturity of the team members, the old norms of the team and the different motivations of the team also contributes to the dysfunction of the team (Hsiung, Lou, Chi-Chang Lin, &Wang, 2014). In other words, they can become dysfunctional due to lack of management support, resources, leadership, and training (Borkowski, 2009). Therefore, one must consider the dysfunctional team and analyze the reason for their failure and should take necessary steps to rectify the problem that caused the failure of that