Team Communication can be an effective model to use to improve productivity in the workplace, school, and in personal life, through the avenue of feedback from a diversity of organizations and individuals.
Team Communication is very essential in having an effective team. What is a team? "A team is a formal workgroup consisting of people who work together intensely to achieve a common group goal (Schneider, 2001, p.310)." During the time of a team's development stages, a team has been known to encounter five different stages. The first stage would be the forming stage, in which members will come together to understand behaviors, their role as a member of the team, and giving support to each other as the team progresses towards the development. In this stage, team members are communicating and getting to know their differences and similarities.
After forming, a team would then experience the storming stage. Each individual of the
Team is now weighing out whose skills and work style will bring the most effective product. In storming, because of the variety of opinions towards a deliverable approach, there will of course be some conflict, because there is still the question as to who and how communication will be established. One must be careful not to favor sides, but give encouragement as communication and commitment develops. If conflict cannot be settled effectively, a person out side of the team, such as a facilitator, may be used to help achieve the common goal. Open and positive communication is an essential part of the storming stage, and must be understood that some conflict is good and helps improve communication among team members, motivating them to commit to the goal at hand.
In stage three of the team development, members begin to ...