Teamwork
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For other uses, see Teamwork (disambiguation).
Teamwork is work performed by a team. The quality of teamwork may be measured by analysing the effectiveness of the collaboration in the following ways:[1]
Accounting techniques may be used to provide financial measures of the benefits of teamwork which are useful for justifying the concept in a business setting.[2]
In healthcare, teamwork has been defined as:
- "a dynamic process involving two or more healthcare professionals with complementary backgrounds and skills, sharing common health goals and exercising concerted physical and mental effort in assessing, planning, or evaluating patient care."[3]
Teamwork is increasingly advocated by healthcare policy makers as a means of assuring quality and safety in the delivery of services.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Martin Hoegl and Hans Georg Gemuenden (July-Aug 2001), "Teamwork Quality and the Success of Innovative Projects: A Theoretical Concept and Empirical Evidence", Organization Science 12 (4): 435-449, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3085981
- ^ M Ezzamel, H Willmott (1998), "Accounting for teamwork: a critical study of group-based systems of organizational control", Administrative Science Quarterly, http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5001366142
- ^ Xyrichis A, Ream E (2008) Teamwork: a concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 61(2): 232-241
- ^ Kohn L, Corrigan J, Donaldson M (eds) (2000) To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington: National Academy Press
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