Collaborative Teams

Three conditions must be satisfied for people to collaborate effectively:

1. They must want to collaborate
2. They must have the skills to collaborate
3. They must be given the opportunity to collaborate

Challenges

You can use the term ‘team’ to refer to your immediate colleagues in your department. However, today teams are frequently formed to solve large organization-wide problems and implement solutions. Introducing a new IT system often involves a team of hundreds of people working together for an extended period of time. Sometimes, you form a large team for a one-off event such as a Trade Fair. The same principles apply.

Today, many teams share these characteristics:
Large
Virtual
Diverse
Specialized