Doing an activity can be done in a team or in a group.

So, "Work team" and "work

group" they don’t have the same meaning. People in a work group talk to each other
in order to share information and make decisions that will help each person do well in
his or her own assigned task. When it comes to goals, a work group's purpose is to
share and talk about information. Each person in the group is responsible for what
they do on their own, and they are held accountable for what they do. When it comes
to their skills, they have a wide range of different skills and abilities that don't have
much to do with each other.

Work groups don't have to or have to do work that requires everyone to work
together. So their performance is just the sum of what each person did on their own.
There is no positive synergy that would make the outputs work better than the sum of
the inputs. In a team group, a group is successful if the sum of what each member
brings to the group is greater than the sum of what each member brings on their own.
When it comes to goals, the main focus of the group's efforts should be on what the
team as a whole achieves. Members of that group are held responsible for their
actions, both on their own and as a group. Their skills work well together, which is a
big reason why they are so effective and efficient. There are two kinds of teams:
those that solve problems and those that run themselves. A problem-solving team is
a group of five to twelve people from the same department who meet once a week
for a few hours to talk about ways to improve the work environment, the quality of the
work, and the speed with which it is done. Problem-solving teams are made up of
people who work together to talk about and suggest ways to improve work
procedures and methods. On the other hand, these teams are rarely given the power
to take any of the steps they recommend on their own. A self-managed team, on the
other hand, is made up of ten to fifteen people who are told to take over the jobs of
their former managers. Most of the time, this means planning and scheduling work,
controlling the pace of work as a group, making operational decisions, and taking
action on problems. Self-managed work teams choose their own members and have
them rate each other's work. This makes supervisory jobs less important, and they
may even be cut. Why is it so common for people to work in groups? Most of the
time, groups do better than individuals.
Teams make better use of the skills of the people who are on them. Teams are more
flexible and responsive when it comes to adapting to changing circumstances.
Teams make it easier for workers to do their jobs. Teams are a good way to reach
these goals because they help build a more democratic and driven organization. The
best work teams are usually small. It's hard to get much done when there are more
than 10 of them. Most groups can't get the cohesion, commitment, and mutual
accountability that they need to do well. So, managers should keep teams to less
than a dozen people for them to work well. If you want to work as a team with a big
group, you might want to divide them into smaller groups.