Making Our Team Work Best

Learning in school, we often work in small groups．But why? Is it necessary to work with others? What if you feel comfortable doing a job by yourself ? In reality, however, after leaving school, you will find out that almost all work in many fields is done in teams．

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Actually, a team is a group of individual people brought together in order to complete a task which cannot be efficiently finished by any member of the group alone．The group may be temporary or it may stay together for a long period．

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A type of team that we are familiar with are sports teams, which are made up of a certain numbers of players．They work together to win a match．In fact, different numbers have different skills in a team．A team can only work well when all their members cooperate．The atmosphere in a team affects the performance of the team, so the social relations within the team are important．

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Teams require leaders, and people who create ideas, who develop ideas, and people whose role is to comment and help improve plans．People who identify problems and suggest solutions are needed in a team, too．Every team member works in their most efficient way to make the whole team work best．

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Regulations and rules help teams work well．But be careful．Working in a team, we have to take into account how each individual member can work best．Some may work best on task alone; others work best in groups．How the group task is divided depends on the personalities and abilities of the individual in the group．

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In a dynamic （充滿活力的） team, people with quite different personalities work well together．Actually, their differences are the strength of the team．To make the best of working with our classmates, or to make our team work best, it is important to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each individual of the group．

To know someone's personality type and ability is to know a great deal about that individual person, or to understand that person．To understand means that we can build strong relationship between members of a team, and make the best use of each others' talents．

         A．Knowing about Team Members

         B．Functions of Rules and Regulations

         C．Team Members and Their Roles

         D．How a Team Works

         E．A Sports Team

         F．The Definition （定義） of a Team