Making teamwork successful

Abstract

This article tackles the subject of the teamwork through a Problem Based Learning perspective. PBL, the new approach to learning allows all participants of the learning process to grow faster. Also, the article presents in detail the 5 stages of forming of a team, types of teams and, of course, the roles that are shared among the members. The foundation of every great team is a direction that energizes, orients, and engages its members. Teams cannot be inspired if they don’t know what they’re working toward and don’t have explicit goals. Those goals should be challenging (modest ones don’t motivate) but not so difficult that the team becomes dispirited. They also must be consequential: People have to care about achieving a goal, whether because they stand to gain extrinsic rewards, like recognition, pay, and promotions; or intrinsic rewards, such as satisfaction and a sense of meaning.