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UPthEM – Upskilling Pathways for Employability
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TEAM WORK MANAGEMENT
Team work is a group of people who have a common goal, who work coordinated and that
contribute their talent, their skills and their energy to work. Teamwork is more when a group
of people work well together towards a common goal, creating a positive working atmosphere,
and supporting each other. Teamwork does not only mean "working together". The success of
the team depends on each member, there is a mutual responsibility.

Features

• Common objective and accepted tasks.

✓ A team must dedicate time to clarify, through a free discussion, the
common objectives, so that they are formulated in such a way that the
members accept and commit themselves to its achievement

• Small number of participants.

✓ Otherwise, there is a danger that its structure will become very complex,
and difficult to achieve the objectives

• Organization

✓ a team has a structure based on behaviors or "roles" oriented to the task
or goal

• Personal commitment

✓ Based on the establishment of a common goal and the acceptance of the
tasks to be carried out, a personal commitment is generated in the team
members, understood as the physical and emotional disposition of the
individual to create and maintain the spirit of the team

• Limits and discipline

✓ personal interaction implies a sacrifice, because each member has to
renounce, depending on their work with others, a part of their autonomy
and their personal interest.

• Synergy

✓ the whole is more than the sum of its parts

• The influence of a leader should lead to positive results

To effectively manage a work team, it is necessary to assume two sets of responsibilities

1. On the one hand, it is necessary to manage the environment.

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