CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Being able to develop and work in effective teams is a critical factor in the success of an organisation. According to a research report by Deloitte University Press (2016) ‘Businesses are reinventing themselves as networks of teams in order to keep pace with the challenges of a fluid unpredictable world’. In this book we have gathered together a number of essential team working skills, attitudes and behaviours that we collectively feel will help you to build, develop and sustain teams that work well in this unpredictable world.
WHERE DOES THE WORD ‘TEAM’ COME FROM?
The word ‘Team’ derives from the old English and Norse word for bridle, and from that came the meaning of a set of animals, harnessed together, ...
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