Read this paragraph
Organizations of all types have increasingly recognized that teams deliver more innovation and better business results. You can expect that in your career you will spend a significant amount of your time in teams. In fact, about 54 percent of professionals spend about one-third of their work time in a team setting. Another 34 percent say they spend about half of their work time in a team setting. Yet, just 3 percent of these professionals say they’ve been trained to work in teams.1
Your ability to contribute to and lead teams will provide you with many career opportunities. In fact, excellent team players are often fast-tracked for better positions. Aside from the many career benefits of teams, working in teams can be energizing. It allows you to bond with your colleagues, learn from others, share your ideas, and celebrate together when your team hits big milestones. Working in teams isn’t always easy. It requires that you give up some of your independence. It can be discouraging when team members don’t work together well. However, with an understanding of principles for effective teamwork, discipline, and hard work, you’re well positioned to succeed in teams. As you read this chapter, think about how you can improve your team communication skills and facilitate productive teamwork.

After reading/ reviewing course materials, team activities and journal articles within your declared major, draft a two-page persuasive message in expanded letter format. Include in the body one in-text citation (APA format) from one of the journal articles reviewed within your declared major. *Use only “one” in-text citation in the body. Do Not use the course textbook as a citation /secondary source/reference.

Please note- It is applicable to use findings/examples from primary research such as –experiences – with this course team assignment or issues faced in the real-world of business. *Remember as outlined in ch/10 – limit use of the I-voice and focus on the impersonal voice. Answer the following question.

Question – Why are team communication and teamwork skills listed as important in today’s workplace?

Provide specific reasons to support your key points. Examples include but are NOT limited to: explain barriers to effective (online) team communication and teamwork with strategies to improve (online) team communication and teamwork, OR what does it mean to embrace team diversity (talent, cultures, etc.) in the context of communicating when conducting global business, OR explain the impacts of emotional hijacking in terms of communicating during a team project.