Team work ....

Recently in Times of India dated June 03, 2006, there was wonderful article on team work v/s individual work
we are seeing, hearing, experiencing the power of team work in all walks of life...everywhere the buzz word is team ...yes..it is right but will it help in the future also...as of now where we stand in the cross roads of globalisation with reforms not yet completely done....it is very difficult to make any assessment how the events and situations will unfold in the future...may be good or bad...but only certain thing is it is going to be radical...very mercurial....in such a environment it will be anybody's guess how team work concept will work.

we need to look before this concept came in to existence...changing the way the work is being handled or done....the concept in fact has equalising effect and that way real performers are discouraged to put in best performance...many things can be said for and against this theory of team work but as usual the success result in proper usage of this concept in management....the manager or ceo should be aware when to use team work as best method to get best performance...but many a times, he ends up putting teams for each and everything and this results in equalising the non performers with performers and the end is relatively less optimal performance.

the other side in practical life, i have seen is wastage of manhours in meetings and meetings..and after meeting, preparation of minutes, drafts etc., and then consultations etc...where is the individual effort in facing the crisis, problem and coming out with own solution after careful thinking process ....is it not must ?

anyway.. i enjoyed reading the article where in the international management development (IMD) professor Mr.Bill Fisher says that we are all used to the idea of collaborative teamwork, but to bring in radical change, one needs to dump the idea of "we" and focus on the "I"...

how far the companies will buy his idea...is wild guess...any takers...?