13.5. GROUP CHANGE: TEAM BUILDING
One of the reforms frequently used in organizations is called team building. The team definition is simply "a group of people who must relate to each other in order to accomplish some task." Team building is the process of encouraging effective working relationships among members of the team, and also reducing barriers that exist in effective cooperation of members of the team. There is no doubt that many teams do not work very well. Some people are not well integrated, and team members do not plan together. They do not use their resources to achieve needed communication, and people misunderstand or do not trust each other. A team facilitator can help members talk to one another so they can discover how much ...
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