Team Communication
Running head: TEAM COMMUNICATION
Team Communication
Rondrae Hunter
University of Phoenix
Team Communication
Welcome to a unique world where things are different from what you may be used to. A world where people are unaware of each others thoughts and emotions. A world of misinformation, misinterpretations and misunderstandings. Can you imagine watching a basketball game and every time a player passes the ball there is know one there to receive that pass. Or if the President of the United States was asked a question about a certain subject to which he responded. Only to have the Vice President give a completely different answer to the same question five minutes later. The United States government's integrity could be questioned because of such inconsistent responses. The aforementioned are all direct examples of problematic situations that could arise if there was no such thing as team communication.
One of the most important pieces of establishing a group is developing how it will interact with each other. Hirschhorn (1991) "stated that trust and openness are prerequisites of effective communication, and the major response to the lack of these is that people stop communicating." Communication is a main part of human society. Without it there would be no structural way for anything to get done. Blum, Raemer, Carroll, Dufresne, and Cooper (2005) believe that "There is considerable evidence that team communication or information-sharing is one of the most important team behaviors for developing common situation assessment, overcoming groupthink, stimulating creative problem solving, learning from experiential feedback, encouraging full participation, and achieving enhanced performance."
There are teams in everyday life that exemplify this type of interaction and communication. Groups such as the fire department, police department, professional sports teams, even the PTA (parent teacher's...
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