Organizational productivity is dependent upon teamwork, which I describe as two or more people working together for a common goal. Team can be expressed or implied, conscious or unconscious, but regardless, organizational productivity depends upon the effectiveness of interdependent, collaborative effort. Teamwork can be fair, good, or great, but there really is no such thing as bad teamwork. If you think about it, bad-teamwork is actually an oxymoron. To further this point, the English language doesn’t have one single word to describe the opposite of teamwork. We generally associate “the opposite of teamwork” with uncooperativeness, inter-organizational competition, backbiting, and under productivity.

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