Myths And Realities Of Teamwork Essay

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According to the book “The Myths and Realities of Teamwork” from David Wright, there are seven myths which should be considered. The first myth is the teams are harmonious people who compromise of their needs for the sake of the team. My explanation is that usually the participant selected for a team are a people who able to create agreement or solution from the objective of the team’s creation. The harmonious can be assumed that the participant is coming from a single profile, or background, or their circumstances. However, this singularity is able to create a barrier for a better solution since it is looking for only one side/aspect. I believe with more various views is a good way to get all there is out of the experience (Moldoff, n.d), …show more content…

My explanation is the conflict should be treated not as a barrier but a way to create a good interaction among the member of the team. Through this conflict, we will know that all the members try to think more deeply and pay attention to the information which threw in the discussion. It is better than accepting without arguing, and probably during the implementation, they will mutter in the back. The conflict is to be the glue that keeps the team together in the team’s discussion (Wright, 2013). The third myth is that most people like teamwork. My explanation is every person has their personality and behavior which can impact the social relationships with others. In a team, although they have the same purposes or goals they still have to manage the relation and communication during the discussion, which sometimes will lead keeping silent or indifferent or maybe dislike among the members. This will be the root causes as several people will tend to work indifferent and solo rather than …show more content…

My explanation is that for a team which consists of the same profiles tend to be easier to manage rather than multi profiles. However, the roles of the team should be initiated in order to create a better controlling function of the teams, as this was the job of their leader (n.d, 2012). Each member should perform their roles to create a good and efficient communication in the teamwork. The sixth myth is that senior managers encourage teamwork. My explanation is that the responsibility to encourage of a teamwork is come from all members without considering senior or junior. But the leaders will get the big part of this encouragement process, since usually the leaders are more senior than the other member of the team. However, the other members since they take their different roles in the team, they should actively participate and remind their leader about each roles in a teamwork (n.d,

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