What makes a good team?

• Author(s): Monteiro, Maria Teresa Bessa
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10301
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Team performance; Personal contribution
• Document Type: Master thesis
• Language: English
• Advisor(s): Cunha, Miguel Pina e
• Contributor(s): RUN

Description

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Created in organizations to solve problems, provide services or create products, teams are seen as mechanisms that enable organizations to efficiently respond to customers demands. When studying team work one observes that at the same time that members are working to a common purpose and objective, each member fosters the achievement of these through their individual contributions. However, just as too much individuality creates problems, so does too much coesion. In this sense, the importance of achieving a balance, as well as an interrelation between individual contribution and collective work is crucial to enhance team performance.