At Cold Palace Lives A Fish

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"Team Building (business)"
Submitted: May 30, 2008, 10:06:34 AM CST
Score: 3 out of 6

Question:
Some managers believe it is important for employees working toward a common goal to feel bonded to each other so they can work well as a team. Many programs and activities exist to foster such relationships. Is the team mentality a crucial factor in a group's success? Are team-building activities good for employees, or are they unnecessary or perhaps even detrimental? Explain your position with reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

Essay:

Team building is always important to me. Personally, I love to share feelings with others and listen to them. In that way, I feel like whatever bad things have happened to me I will be fine by my partners' supports; and I will know what to do next. For a team development, I think team building is essential as well. Once every member has the common goal to reach they are like a cannon rather than merely a bullet.

In order to shoot a cannon, many have to work together. Except shooting, they have a lot of tasks to take. For instance, they need to choose one as a leader so that each of them will know what to do. Otherwise, though they have a lot of labors they will easily ruin everything: while A has done that B doesn't konw and plans to do that too. Which is really a big waste of labor. The leader integrates themselves and makes the team run effectively.

Conflicts happen sometimes. Each of the team may have the same goal to achieve but the approaches they have might be different. For example, to have a cannon A insists to make it on their own; however, B intends to pay for others to have the cannon done. At this time, leader plays a non-replaceable role. The leader has to think about which means is the best for the team and listen to his fellows' opinions. Though it may take a lot of time listening to fellows it is always valuable for it not only solves the problem but also make members more bonded.

Team building certainly helps a team move on and on. We have people from different fields, of various backgrounds but having the same target.





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Your writing is a mix of strengths and weaknesses. Working to improve your writing will definitely earn you more satisfactory results because your writing shows promise.

In one or more of the following areas, your essay needs improvement. Your essay:

Neglects or misinterprets important parts of the topic or task
Lacks focus or is simplistic or confused in interpretation
Is not organized or developed carefully from point to point
Provides examples without explanation, or generalizations without completely supporting them
Uses mostly simple sentences or language that does not serve your meaning
Demonstrates errors in grammar, usage, or sentence structure