Team Communication

Aspects of Team Com•mu•ni•ca•tion

The usage of teams is timeless. A team is simply a group of three or more people brought together for a single purpose. Sounds so easy that way ,but when analyzed slightly more deeper teamwork hinges on a single aspect. Communication. Webster's Dictionary (2007) defines communications as “Com•mu•ni•ca•tion a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.”

The history of communication according to Wikipedia states (2007).

History

Communication can range from very subtle processes of exchange, to full conversations and mass communication. Human communication was revolutionized with speech about 200,000 years ago. Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago, and writing about 7,000. On a much shorter scale, there have been major developments in the field of telecommunication in the past few centuries.

The old saying says that, “there is no I in team.” That followed closely behind with the all too witty “but there is a Me.” Funny as it sounds, a grain of truth does exist in this statement. Is teamwork good for companies The “proper” implementation of teams in the workplace is becoming all to common place in businesses today. This being said, I’m sure that not all management is providing the employee teams the proper foundation in order to be successful.

Members

“Rome was not built in a day;” everyone has heard that saying. The same is true with a successful team. Team dynamics play a major part in their aspect of team building. The foundation of the team must be a strong, sturdy structure to build upon it in later steps. With this in mind, teams should be chosen from people who compliments each other. Everyone’s skill set is different. Everyone has different learning styles. Howard Gardner suggests