In almost every facet of life where work needs to be done in a cooperative and professional manner-be it a work or family environment– development teamwork is needed. Development teamwork is action that is performed by a group of people, where each person contributes to the unity and efficiency of the group in order to obtain a specific goal.
Development teamwork means that the individual is still important but what is even more important is that every individual in the group must work together so that the common goal or goals, are reached in a timely and professional manner.
In order to work well within a development team there must first be a solid climate of cooperation and organization. Each business has a different climate or atmosphere and once that has been established and known, it will impact the group’s attitude and performance.
In addition, there needs to be ground rules set in place and a leader chosen, so that there will be an atmosphere of cooperation, goal-setting and leadership. In order for that to happen, there must be some written rules or norms set in place so that the group will stay focused toward achieving the goal..
Some of the ground rules that need to be drawn up are the following:
The leader needs to explain to the group what each group member is required to do and who they are to report to. Groups are often divided into pairs where each partner of a pair shares his or her findings.
The problem or problems that need to be answered need to be identified and possible solutions discussed.
Discussions need to be made on how make needed changes that will lead to problem solving and to ensure that the goal is met.
Decisions need to be made on how information will be collected and by whom. Each member should be allowed to explain how he or she will gather information, discuss the information they find and any solutions they explore that will help meet the needs of the goal.
The group must come together once all the information has been gathered, share their findings and then the leader of the group once he or she has analyzed all of the data collected, needs to put the information into a summary written form. Once the information is on paper and in reviewed inside the group, then he or she will present the solutions to the leader of the group or groups, involved.
But, to ensure that the process goes smoothly so that goals are met, cooperation and trust must be established and that should come from within the organization and the leader of the groups.