Teamwork in the Workplace

By: Ani Greenspan

Internship Pathways S1
Introduction
Roles
Collaboration
Differing View Points
Responsibility

Introduction
Implementing the fundamentals of
teamwork in the office will allow projects,
assignments, and the overall atmosphere of
the workplace to be positive. It is essential for
a successful company to have
interdependency amongst the workers. With
defined roles, collaborations, view points and
responsibility the workplace becomes a
productive place.
Roles
It is essential that each person within the
team is clear on what they are responsible to
do within the team. When roles are
distributed fairly and systematically, the team
will be most effective. To be more specific,
giving roles to certain individuals based on
their abilities and expertise would create the
best final project.

Collaboration
Collaboration is one of the key principles to a
success. This technique allows all of the members of
the team to display their personal strengths. By
combining the strengths of each member, it allows the
project or company to be strong in a myriad of areas.
Teamwork allows work to get done, that one sole
person cannot complete on their own. Communication
is important with collaboration because without equal
communication, the members of team are unable to
properly express their expertise. There must be mutual
respect among the members of the team, for
collaboration to be successful.
Differing View Points
With respect comes the ability to understand
others view points. While there may not be a mutual
agreement between all view points, having differing
view points is essential to teamwork in the workplace.
A unique aspect to working in a team is that you can
get the ideas and opinions of many people; this creates
a distinctive solution to the task at hand. Working with
several people allows their distinct perspectives to be
included, which allows the team to see the situation in
different angles, therefore creating a final project that
no one individual could make.
Responsibility
As a member of a team, it is essential that
the individuals are held accountable for the
work that they are meant to be doing. It
would be unfair to the other members if each
person was not dedicated to the work that
they were to complete. It is imperative that