MANUAL TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATION

TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATION

resources, or vice versa. • There is an important potential for human resources and little demand, which can lead to monotony and demotivation. This is the factor that has had a negative impact on the City.com team.

2. Linked to emotions:

• The team feels undervalued. • The team feels unfairly treated. • The team feels demoralised.

It is important to identify where your team is at the moment, in order to be able to make decisions for change if necessary. If we transform all the characteristics that we have been referring to each team into questions, we will be able to have an x-ray of the team's current situation and assess those aspects that need to be optimised.

3.5. Factors hindering teamwork

Why do we find it so difficult to work in a team? It is not uncommon in the world of work or academia to hear this question. We have often thought about it and invested a great deal of energy in the organisational aspect of the team, and yet something keeps going wrong.

It then analyses and assesses those factors that can hinder teamwork, so that we can prevent or resolve them.

CASE: WHAT'S WRONG WITH US?

James is the new coordinator of an innovation project in the production department of a pharmaceutical laboratory. He has invested a great deal of effort and time in selecting the right people to form his team.

After a month of hard work, he is unpleasantly surprised to find that two of the team

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