• Effective team- one in which input and process produce a good output.
• input-team composition in terms of constellation
• Process- activities of the members
• Output- viability, meeting team-members needs and performance (Ligen and Kozlowski, 2006)
• Learning new skills and technologies
• Fostering innovation
• Becoming very responsive to customers
• Improving the quality of our products
• Being faithful in or dealings
• Being responsible for one another
• S- Specific- simple to understand
• M-measurable-we set goals that are easy to evaluate
• A-achievable-our goals are attainable
• R-results oriented- we focus to the outcome
• Time bound-we adhere to the set deadlines (Iigen and Kozlowski, 2006)

7. Internal to tem:

• Trust-faith in one another
• Talent- we combine skills to do the job
• Teaming skills-oriented to efficiency
• Task-skills- making sure work is done

External to team:

• Team-leader-fit- leader is a uniting figure

Support by management-enhances team effectiveness (Korn Ferry Institute, 2009

• We are loyal to the leadership
• Leadership has confidence in us
• We develop one another’s potential
• We communicate openly
• Atmosphere is supportive
• Values of members incorporated in those of group (Pathways to Higher Education, n.d).
• Effective team is facilitated through:

• Trust
• Bonding
• Communication
• Effective leadership
• Support from management (Guffey, 2010)

• Guffey, M. (2010). Business Communication: Process and Product(7th ed). Cengage Learning
• Pathways To Higher Education. (n.d). Chapter four: Team effectiveness. Retrieved from http://pathways-egypt.com
• Korn Ferry Institute. (2009). Driving team effectiveness. Los Angeles, CA: Corn Ferry Institute.
• Igen, R.D. & Kozlowski, W.J. (2006). Enhancing the effectiveness of work groups and teams. Association for Psychological Science, 7 (3): 77-124