Team Communication
While time constraints may affect a team’s ability to communicate, communication is vital in a team situation. Obviously many barriers to effective communication in a team situation exist. Different backgrounds, skills and time issues are just a few. In order to work effectively as a team, the team as a whole has to be able to communicate with each other in a positive, productive way.
I googled the term ‘team communication’, and while several links and a wealth of information was found, one sentence in particular struck me as something critical to remember that can be used to govern good team communication. “Early involvement and parallel design are key objectives of integrated product development” (Crow, 1996). Although this particular quote was in regard to forming production teams, this strategy can be applied to team communications as well. Involving the entire team early on in the project, will create a common bond and a superior product. The product in our case is of course, a well written paper that the entire team contributed to, and will be proud of. A team member that feels left out, or perhaps worse, wholly responsible for producing the bulk of the work will be more easily stressed, and will be less likely to communicate on a professional level. Teamwork encourages an ethic of self learning and requires all members to become more adaptable to change. (McDougall, 1995) This is important because team roles may change. Life situations change and unexpected circumstances happen. The death of a relative, or a destructive act of God, can create additional responsibilities for some members of the team, while lessening others responsibilities through no fault of their own. The team members must be able to adapt, and pick up the missing members responsibilities, and they must do so quickly, and without irritation. The team goal has not changed solely because the team has encountered a hiccup.
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