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#REDIRECT [[Cooperation]]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1828]
==Defiinition==
*1: [[work]] done by several associates with each doing a [[part]] but all subordinating [[personal]] prominence to the [[efficiency]] of [[the whole]].
==Description==
'''Teamwork''' has been defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole." However, there is no [[universally]]-accepted [[definition]] of "teamwork" in the [[academic]] literature.
In a [[business]] setting [[accounting]] techniques may be used to provide financial [[measures]] of the benefits of teamwork which are useful for justifying the [[concept]]. Teamwork is increasingly advocated by health care [[policy]] makers as a means of assuring [[quality]] and safety in the delivery of [[services]]; a committee of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Medicine Institute of Medicine] recommended in 2000 that patient safety programs "establish interdisciplinary team [[training]] programs for providers that incorporate proven [[methods]] of team [[training]], such as [[simulation]]."
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care health care], one definition of teamwork is "those behaviours that facilitate effective team member [[interaction]]," with "team" defined as "a [[group]] of two or more [[individuals]] who perform some work related task, interact with one another [[dynamically]], have a shared [[past]], have a foreseeable shared [[future]], and share a common fate." One definition for teamwork proposed in 2008 is "the [[interdependent]] components of performance required to effectively [[coordinate]] the performance of multiple [[individuals]]"; as such, teamwork is "nested within" the broader concept of team [[performance]] which also includes individual-level taskwork. Another definition proposed in 2008 is "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." On the other hand, a 2012 review of the academic literature found that "there is no one unifying [[theory]] of exact dimensions of teamwork" and that the word "teamwork" has been used "as a catchall to refer to a number of behavioral [[processes]] and emergent states."
==See also==
*'''''[[Cooperation]]'''''
*'''''[[Collaboration]]'''''
==Quote==
[[140:5|140:5.19]] [[Children]] can easily be taught to [[function]] as peacemakers. They enjoy team [[activities]]; they like to [[play]] [[together]]. Said [[the Master]] at another time: " Whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his life shall find it. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9]
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