Organizations are increasingly designing work around teams rather than individuals. A work team is a formal group made up of interdependent individuals, responsible for attaining a goal. All work teams are groups, but only formal groups can be work teams. There are different types of teams. Four characteristics can be used to distinguish different types of teams.
Teams can vary in their purpose or goal.
The duration of a team tends to be either permanent or temporary. Team membership can be either functional or cross-functional. Finally, teams can either be supervised or self-managed. There are a number of reasons why a team will be used. Creates esprit de corps.