What Are The Benefits Of A Informal Team?

ADVANTAGES

• The possible benefit of joining various skills and knowledge

• Greater inspiration and input and therefore less boredom

• The ability for individuals to be more successful working together than on their own

• Members develop wider skills and can cover when others are absent

• Previously undiscovered skills are revealed

• People get to see projects or tasks through to completion

• People feel a sense of belonging

• Greater understanding and acceptance of decisions

• Everyone can be treated as an adult and pride in achievement encourages self-discipline

DISADVANTAGES

• Decisions may be slow (and more expensive).

• Individuals may dominate the groups.

• The group may take greater risks than any individual.

• Where groups strongly relate they may develop ‘groupthink’ in which the desire for consensus or harmony overtakes accuracy, critical thinking and impartiality.

• Problems arise when decisions are adjusted to satisfy the minimum requirements of every member rather than the teams overall best interests.

Different opinions and approaches towards achieve tasks can be shared amongst members.