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==Description==

==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.

'''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 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."

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==

==See also==

*'''''[[Cooperation]]'''''

*'''''[[Cooperation]]'''''