Car batteries typically last about four or five years. Replace your car battery before it dies and leaves you stranded. Unfortunately, car batteries arenât able to tell you when theyâre about to die. Thatâs why they seemingly die at the worst possible time and place, like the side of the highway at night.
Within a team, on the other hand, the members typically realise that the only way to achieve a goal that cannot be realised by one individual is to work together. It is this common purpose that binds and connects. Role awareness. Within any group, each individual is preoccupied with his/her own task and little is known or understood about the tasks of the other group members.
There are three general types of people in the world: those who do not know or care about what is happening, those who watch what others do, and those who make things happen. Teamwork requires that members be involved in their work and participate in team activities. What they say and do counts for something. Many work environments in which teamwork is practiced involve team members in decision making, practicing participative management.