Team and Project Work – The Key to Business Success in Engineering Company XY

Companies, regardless of the activity they are engaged in, can no longer survive and succeed with the individualism of a single person. Every company needs people who have different personality traits, experiences, expectations, behaviours and values, as the projects that companies face are very complex and require different knowledge. True teamwork can be present when everyone in the team is aware that without their active participation there will be no expected results. Every individual in the team must be convinced that the success of the project or the success of the operation of a particular company and good business results depend precisely on them.

Problem

Companies, regardless of the activity they are engaged in, can no longer survive and succeed with the individualism of a single person. Every company needs people who have different personality traits, experiences, expectations, behaviours and values, as the projects that companies face are very complex and require different knowledge. When all this diversity of people is combined with the ability to work in a team, we can speak of an effective team.

Every individual within the team must be aware that they are an important link and that they can decisively influence the functioning of the entire team and even the organisation itself with their potential. Teamwork is becoming the driving force of every company. And it is precisely the companies that are aware of this that stand out with their success, innovativeness and are renowned for their good working climate. This creates the foundation for successful project management and the conditions that are necessary for the development of innovative solutions. Teamwork is indispensable in all areas today.

And it is precisely through teamwork that we are moving from management 2.0, where they had developed systems and theories of management primarily according to the method of hierarchical management, to management 3.0, where the complex involvement of each individual is at the forefront. Thus, the active participation of everyone with the aim of continuous improvement of work in a particular company is in the first place. It is therefore no longer about someone just dictating what needs to be done, as was characteristic of management 2.0, but about every individual being engaged in the development of the company.

Results

True teamwork can be present when everyone in the team is aware that without their active participation there will be no expected results. Every individual in the team must be convinced that the success of the project or the success of the operation of a particular company and good business results depend precisely on them. Such active involvement of individuals in the team contributes to the progress not only of the company in which they are, but to the progress of the entire society in which they live and work.

The abilities of the members of a particular team do not just add up, but multiply. The progress that we achieve with a coordinated and successful team cannot be compared with any individual, however talented, as the team is incomparably more successful. Through four set hypotheses, which they verified with a questionnaire, they found that team members evaluate teamwork as an indispensable way of working.

With teamwork, knowledge, abilities and experiences are transferred between team members, which decisively influences the fact that the team in question can function effectively. The foundation of a good and well-coordinated team lies in harmonised communication, which leads to mutual acceptance and trust between members. Good communication between members gives them a sense of greater belonging.

They also analysed the view of team members on conflicts that can arise within the team. Conflicts, which do not necessarily have to ultimately carry negative consequences, nevertheless lead to dissatisfaction in the members of the team in question. We assume, however, that in a team where team members are not satisfied due to conflicts, motivation consequently also falls.

Motivation is a key factor that leads an individual to be prepared to invest all their potential for a common team goal. They also touched upon the importance of the team leader and their characteristics, which can mark them as successful. In the area of team leadership as well, motivation was highlighted as a key ability of the leader.

Based on the analysis of the team in question, they recognised that the way of working would be even more effective if they introduced work based on the Scrum method or some other agile methodology into their teamwork process. This is an upgrade of teamwork, where tasks, roles and relationships are even more transparent. It would be welcome to introduce short work meetings as well, so that within the team every member would have insight into work already completed, current work and work still expected. ** If the team in a company is good and harmonised, the company can have great value and at the same time a competitive advantage.** Such a team is capable of adapting to the constant changes that are happening in the market, following its goals and not deviating from the charted path.

Teamwork is indispensable and irreplaceable in today's time, but at the same time this does not mean that it is not necessary to seek new forms of work. Management 3.0, which includes agile management methodologies, most represented by Scrum, will sooner or later have to be used by everyone if they want to be competitive. But this must not lull us into not researching and discovering new forms that will take us into management 4.0.

Agility is essential for their development and progress. If they are able to properly evaluate their functioning and see the positive and negative sides, they are on the right path to developing ever new working methods that will give us a competitive advantage. Thus, new ideas and solutions will be born again and again, which are absolutely necessary for every successful company.