The Teamwork Concept
An effective team has balanced abilities, a willingness to work as a cohesive group, no personal barriers (personality clashes) and good leadership. To ensure that this group of people are fully effective, each element within the hospital has an important role to play in:
• isolating projects for study and resolution;
• communicating objectives for those projects;
• providing full resources for those projects;
• clearly "empowering" the team to control projects;
• agreeing report-back times/final completion dates;
• clearly indicating the relevance of the project to the overall objectives of the hospital;
• maintaining an effective communication channel, in relation to the activities of other project teams, particularly where their results impact on the team.