You As A Team Member

Your role as a team member makes you responsible for team objectives, team strategies and team processes. Teamwork implies different roles and responsibilities where people take leadership positions. A sole team leader cannot handle all the responsibilities. Therefore, the teamwork is divided among team members according to their job profile. Each member has his share of responsibilities and contribution to the output of the team.

 

How to participate in your team

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Being part of a team involves participation. There are three fundamentals of participation.

Introduction

The individuals who share a common goal need to interact with each other realize their efforts are uncoordinated and unaggregated. Interaction is important both during task performance and socially. Social interaction includes:

• Lunches
• Informal chats
• Sporting events
• Parties

Benefits of Interaction

• Strengthens the social bonding;
• Helps in cohesion;
• Familiarity enables people to comprehend each other;
• Helps in exchange of information;
• Pro notes communication;
• Co-ordinates individual members.

Difficulties without interaction

• Important information remains unexchanged;
• Built up expectations do not match reality;
• Views of the team members diverge;
• Perceptions of team members may be incorrect;
• Misunderstandings may lead to conflicts
• Task process may suffer from lack of co-ordinations.
• Lowers team effectiveness,

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