Many people believe that communication must first be present to be deemed effective in the workplace. A lack of communication within a workplace can either make or break a business and because of this, many companies have teams within the organization that implement roles and responsibilities for its employees. The roles that we are going to talk to you about today include the work team, task team and management team. The work team coordinates efforts within the department. While the task team's role is to turn concepts and ideas into practical working procedures; carrying out agreed plans systematically and efficiently. The management team role is to understand that the people who report to you may get most of their direction from another person throughout the company. Although teams must first work together to discuss, research, and carry out common goals, each team has certain roles and responsibilities that they must follow in order to be considered beneficial in the workplace. The purpose of a team as a whole is to effectively discuss and address issues, identify each individual's responsibilities, set appropriate goals, and handle conflicts within the team. If all members on a team are not involved in establishing an agenda to delegate appropriate tasks, this could result in lack of information and resources amongst the organization. Therefore, each member of the team should ensure one another that they understand the task, which is given to them. If members of the team need assistance with their project, they should seek their team lead recommendation to follow thru with their responsibilities. A professional works well in a team environment. He is helpful to others in reasonable proportion to his own need for assistance and his own position, and will pitch in, even at his own expense, to help colleagues with sudden emergencies, such as family illnesses. (Bill Boushka and High Productivity Publishing, 1998) There are three different types of teams, which are utilized in the workplace.
