Higher efficiency: Since teams combine the efforts of individuals, they can accomplish more than an individual working alone.
Faster speed: Because teams draw on the efforts of many contributors, they can often complete tasks and activities in less time.
More thoughtful ideas: Each person who works on a problem or set of tasks may bring different information and knowledge to bear, which can result in solutions and approaches an individual would not have identified.
Greater effectiveness: When people coordinate their efforts, they can divide up roles and tasks to more thoroughly address an issue. For example, in hospital settings teamwork has been found to increase patient safety more than when only individual efforts are made to avoid mishaps.