The Advantages Of Team Work

Life is hard but wonderful. Therefore every living thing in the world has to make effort to survive. Human being are the most active and sensible creature on the earth. Doing their live, they face many problems, so they use their brains and natural talents to find out the solutions to the problems. Some people like to sort the problems out individually while others prefer working in team to solve these difficulties. For people who have ideal thoughts of working in team to settle the problems, they find it has some advantages of team work.

Perhaps the most advantageous of working in team is to conduct and strengthen the communication skills in the team as well as in the society. For instance, when one in the team has a problem and he cannot solve it, he will ask for help from others in team. They know that many people have many different ideas, and many ideas lead to many solutions and spend less time. This also means that they are keeping in touch with each other very well. In such cases, the more they talk to each other the more they learn and understand each other. People in the team will understand each other via different cultures when they are from different countries. And the more they understand each other across cultures the further they escape from culture shock and misunderstandings. One more matter is that the longer time you spend to work with each other the more you can understand your team member’s behavior. While you understand them, you will know when and how to offer them help or to ask for help from them. So, this is like a constant circle of communication and work in life.

Besides improving communication and understanding outsides’ cultures, working in team is also providing team workers more knowledge on how to cooperate and adjust themselves in the different age groups. For example, if you are a young co-worker in the team and you are attending the team’s discussion, you have to know the time of addressing your idea to the elder ones. One you do this, you will be able to express your politeness and respect to everyone. In addition, when you experience a lot in working in team, you will know how to be flexible to the difficult situations you encountered. Not only this but working in team also offers the team workers psychological knowledge of how to offer help, how to ask for help, and how to gain help from each other at the correct time and place. That is why working in team with a very good cooperation brings you success in you work and you learn new things from your team members very second.

In brief, there are lots of benefits of working with others. You can improve your communication skill, express yourself vividly in the society, learn more about different cultures of different nation in the world, and know how to live in peace and harmony in the team. Depending on those several advantages, people who are not familiar and do not like team work should change their habits and learn how to work in team. You will find its importance after you have tried once in your life.

By: Kob Isa

..............................

Reference :

- Norton University Newsletter, September 2010 / January 2011, Page: 80.