equately plan and study for the team building process can get your very expensive team into strife. This could lead to an unfavourable beginning for the team, which may sabotage the team in the long run and end up costing you big bucks. In the planning process, team composition and the type of team to be used should be examined. Team composition is very important to team success. As is pointed out in McGarvey's article (1996:80) "management undermines many teams by failing to clear up personnel problems beforehand." This is about knowing your employees and choosing the right people for the right job. The type of team should also be thoroughly thought about. As Dumaine (1994:86) points out, the most common trouble with teams is the most common trouble with teams is that, "many companies rush out and form the wrong kind for the job." He also points out that "too often a CEO will get excited about the idea of teams and order them up as if only one type existed." This type of thinking can be destructive. You don't use a hammer to cut a piece of wood in half, and similarly you wouldn't send a team of carpenters to make electricity connections. Dumaine (1994) has identified the most common types of teams and describes the basic tasks of each. These teams are management teams, work teams, virtual teams, quality circles and problem - solving teams. Management teams consist mainly of managers that coordinate the work among the teams. Work teams are employed to carry out the daily work. Virtual teams communicate by computer and commute in and out as needed. Quality circles are made of workers and supervisors who meet occasionally to air any problems. Problem - solving teams comprise of knowledge workers who are formed into teams to solve a problem and then often disband after the problem has been rectified. With this classification of teams, selection of employees for these teams will be made easier and the choice of team type for a specific role...
