Communication in Workplace

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Introduction Due to recent increase in competition in various workplace or organization, leaders, managers and organization members has face with the challenges to set up the effective communication that will help in teambuilding in his or her assigned area in other to accomplish the set organizational goals and improve productivities which will strengthen the organization against others. The aim of the team is to bring the best out of the team in other to ensure self-development, effective communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely with one and other. These will help the team in problem solving and improving their performance which will enhance a better outcome for the organization. Team building help improve effective communication among staffs and job satisfaction. Team building strategies help assist the leader and manager to build an effective work team by strengthening communication and interpersonal relationships, so that the staffs can function as more cohesive group than individual. Team building involves variety of activities presented to organization with the goals of improving productivities. According to literature, the success of teamwork, depend on many factors. Such as organizational culture, leadership effectiveness, staffs commitment, the organizational system of compensation and rewards and the level of staffs autonomy. Literature Review Team Building According to Fajana (2002) a team is group of people working together to achieve a common goals set up by the organization. This goal consists of steps such as clarification of team, identification of hindrances to goal attainment and facing the challenges as they occur. Therefore, team can be view as a small number of people, with a set of p... ... middle of paper ... ... Teams: A Pipeline to Quality and Technology Management, Benchmarking for Quality, vol. 2, no. 1, pp.21-37. Sundstrom, E., De Meuse, K.P. &Futrell, D. 1990, ‘Work Teams: Applications and Effectiveness’, American Psychologist, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 120-133. Thompson and Luthans (2006) Critical Issue: Building a Committed Team. NCREI Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http:/www.ncrei.org/areas/issues/educatrs/leadership/lezoo. Tuckman, Bruce (1975). "Developmental sequence in small groups". Psychological Bulletin 63 (6): 384–99. doi:10.1037/h0022100. PMID 14314073. Retrieved 2013-04-06. Wageman, R., 1997, ‘Critical Success Factors for Creating Superb Self-managing Teams, Organizational Dynamics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 49-60. Wilson, F. 1996, ‘Great Teams Build Themselves’, Team Performance Management: An International Journal, vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 27-31.

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