Team work

2nd year B.Sc Nursing
communication and educational technology
unit-3 Human Relations

1. TEAM WORK BY, VEDANTHA VINOD ASSISTANT LECTURER CCON-MYSORE

2. Contents to be discussed :- Meaning Benefits from teamwork Effective teamwork Guidelines to enhance teamwork in institutions

3. MEANING Teamwork promises to be a cornerstone in achieving progressive academic growth of the institution, faculty and students.

4. Benefits from Teamwork Institutions would often accrue various benefits from teamwork. More prominent of these are enhanced academic performance, faculty benefits, vitality and institutional upgradation.

5. Enhanced academic performance: This may come in many forms including increased academic productivity among the students, improved quality in teaching and learning and improved student need-based services.

6. Faculty benefits: Faculty benefits from teamwork includes better quality of work and reduced stress in the workplace. Teamwork gives faculty the much required freedom to grow in a respectful manner .

7. Vitality: As teamwork ingress the basics of motivation and group dynamics, there will be great cooperation and enthusiasm among team members toward goal achievement. This results in fewer better coping with struggles and errors in the work system.

8. Institutional upgradation: Faculty will have better access to top level administrators. In addition, the team environment constantly challenges teams to innovate and solve problems in a creative manner.

9.   Effective Teamwork An effective teamwork in turn, depends on Cooperation Trust Training and Rewards

10. Cooperation Cooperation occurs when the efforts of team members are systematically integrated to achieve a collective educational objective. Cooperation is superior to competition in promoting the avenues for achieving the educational objectives.

11. Trust In educational institutions because of academic restructuring, economizing, integration and increased faculty turnover. To build a mutually entrusted working environment, either the institution or faculty need take initiative.

12. Training Training is necessary in various aspects including academic, clinical, interpersonal as well as managerial skills and group dynamics because team members must know how to function effectively as a team.

13. Rewards The reward system in most institution is individual based (e.g., Best Faculty Award) as faculty members are rewarded based on performance appraisal done by the administrators. To the extent that teams perform well, they should be rewarded.

14. Guidelines to Enhance Teamwork in Nursing Educational Institutions Have an optimal number of team members; ideally not exceeding 12. (e.g., Team for coordinating the students regarding co-curricular and extracurricular activities).

15. Take care to ensure that teams comprise members with at least three types of skill-technical/ academic skill, problem-solving and decision-making skills along with interpersonal skills. Encourage the teams to have specific goals and develop commitment toward realizing the goals. Have proper leadership and structure for teams. Leadership and structure provide clear focus and direction.

16. Do not allow members to hide inside a group, form “pseudo teams” and indulge in social loafing. Establish appropriate academic performance evaluation and suitable reward systems not only for the students but also for the faculty, based on performance appraisal. Ensure the team members develop high mutual trust. High performance teams are characterized by high mutual trust.

17. Create a sense of urgency in the first meeting. Set lucid and tangible rules of behavior. Challenge the team with new projects or problems to solve periodically.

18. Contents discussed: Meaning Benefits from teamwork Effective teamwork Guidelines to enhance teamwork in institutions