Ben Roberts

Assignment 4 Team Building

Teams in the Public Services

The benefits of teams and importance of team work

Reduction in alienation
people like being part of teams for
the social benefits and sense of
belonging rather than just being an
employee, this is very important in
Army regiments as well as the
police and fire service. Teams can
allow people to express themselves,
educate themselves to improve
their role and have some say in the
decision making process

Contribution on
productivity and efficiency
Teams make the public services
more flexible and able to respond to
new challanges and changing
customer needs. Sometimes larger
objectives are just too big for one
person to achieve.

The benefits
of teams in
the Public
Services
Implementing change
Most organisations are dynamic and
change to meet changing needs.
Changes caused by government,
funding, target setting, social
changes and global needs. Teams
move to change as needed, this is
driven by its leader who must
understand why the changes are
needed. Leaders must have the
communication and inter personal
skills to make the group understand
why the changes are required and
motivate them to embrace the
changes

Sharing experience
everyone can contribute to a
group whatever their age or
experience. Effective teams
allow this and benefit from it.
Different people have
different areas of expertise.
This is good as people can
educate each other and
improve overall knowledge
and also allows people to
have their say on how certain

Identification and development of talent

Teams are only as good as their members. You need to
identify members that have certain talents and use them
effectively, and try to improve them through training.