Team Work

Team projects are a double edged sword. On one hand, team work is a great way to get complex tasks done efficiently and effectively. On the other hand, more people lead to more problems. There is no such thing as perfect team work. A perfect team will never have disagreements about anything. In a perfect team, opinions never conflict and everyone is happy about their designated work load. It is impossible to do that with a team. this is even truer the larger the team is. Two people will have minor opinion conflicts and disagreements but a larger team of over 5 to 10 people can cause major issues.

Think of it like a machine. Two pieces fit together and get a job done fairly easily but can still have minor, easily fixable issues. Take a machine that has 10 or more pieces in it, and putting those pieces together isnt an easy task. However, get that 10 piece machine to work, and it will always over power the two piece machine.

What about companies? They can have thousands of people, how do all those pieces fit? A company is like one GIANT team, one GIANT machine. Each department, in some way shape or form, needs the other departements to function. Without finance, rampant money spending will ensue. Without IT, computers will break. Ect.

This giant machine follows the same principle at a much larger scale. However, the executives of the company (or, if you will, mechanic building the machine), have the metaphorical executive hammer. this hammer is used to force parts of the machine into place. In the real world, this is better seen as the 'I'm your boss, do as I say or I'm firing you' scenario. To further my rediculous metaphor, sometimes this hammer breaks the piece (I.E. person quits or gets fired) and the mechanic has to go get a new one.

Almost all of the team projects I've been apart of has hard the standard teamwork issues. Someone doesnt do enough work, becomes to authoritative, or completely disagrees with everything. And considering your own image is affected by the outcome of the project, just confront the person(s) and if they don't cooperate, reason with them, use the executive hammer, or pick up their slack.