TEAM BUILDING
Team building refers to a broad range of planned activities that help groups improve the way they accomplish tasks and help group members enhance their interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Organizations comprise many permanent and temporary groups, and team building is an effective approach to improving teamwork and task accomplishment in such environments. It can help problem-solving groups make maximum use of members’ resources and contributions. It can help members develop a high level of motivation to implement group decisions. Team building also can help groups overcome specific problems, such as apathy and general lack of member interest ; loss of productivity ;
Increasing complaints within the group ; confusion about assignments ; low participation in meetings ; lack of innovation and initiation ; increasing complaints from those outside the group about the quality , timeliness , and effectiveness of services and products , and hostility or conflicts among members.