When a group of people work with each other and collaborate to achieve a common goal they form a Teamwork. Teamwork is always a critical part of a business development, and it is important for employees to work well together, to know each other and bringing the best result in any circumstances. Teamwork indicates that people will try to cooperate and put their best skills to get the best output despite any personal conflict between them. (BusinessDictionary, n.d.)
Whenever there is teamwork, you will find or build some mythical about it, while the realities may surprise you! Let us list few of myths of teamwork and discuss its realities.
1- When you think that team is made of harmonious people who can compromise their needs for the sake of the team, you will discover from the first issue you face that everyone has his/her unique requirements that must be fulfilled or he/she may leave the team. That is why personally I think, issues and personal needs of each member of the team should be identified and discussed from the time of formation the team.
2- When you think that having conflicts in the team may cause difficulties in getting along, you will see that if these conflicts may connect each member with other in a positive way. That is why team member should be selected very carefully and must show their passion towards the common goal.
3- When you think that most people do like to work in a team, you will realize that only one-third of the people enjoy working in a team, that is why when selecting people for teams must make sure that they can express themselves clearly and can be recognized for their strength.
4- It is true that teamwork can bring success to an organization but not always! As you may have some simple tasks which can be done individually, that is why you have to make sure if the task is achievable individually or must be done by the team.
5- Team formation may be an easy task but managing the team is not, because having members with a diversity of natures and skills may make it harder to control them, and harder to influence them to remain in the team and collaborate effectively.
6- When you think that senior managers inside an organization encourage teamwork, you will be surprised by knowing that most of the seniors may get uneasy from the team as they may lose their control over them. That is why forming a team may require real involvement from seniors and dividing the task correctly between the newly formed team and the senior management.
In my perspective, most of the people fall into the myth of having conflicts within a team is unhealthy, and the reason is usually people misunderstand the dispute