Teamwork

Teamwork is work performed by a team towards a common goal.

In a business setting accounting techniques may be used to provide financial measures of the benefits of teamwork which are useful for justifying the concept.

In health care teamwork has been defined as:

a dynamic process involving two or more healthcare professionals with complementary backgrounds and skills, sharing common health goals and exercising concerted physical and mental effort in assessing, planning, or evaluating patient care.

Teamwork is increasingly advocated by health care policy makers as a means of assuring quality and safety in the delivery of services.

Teamwork activities

A challenge for leaders of groups of people, such as in a work department, is to get everyone to pull together and function as a team instead of going in separate directions. One way to foster teamwork is to engage the members in activities that require them to work together. Activities can be physical in nature or require the use of team brain power to solve a problem. Fun activities such as sports or games can allow the team members to relax and enjoy working with one another.

• Social Activities: Part of the challenge of developing teamwork is to get team members to......
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