Working In Teams

Working in teams is something everyone encounters and presents the problems of the size of the teams, the amount of work assigned to the team and how the work will be completed by the team.

            The size of a team can be a problem. If the team is too large, sometimes there is not enough work to be done, and only a few people do the actual work. In my MGT 3500, intro class I was assigned to a group of seven and we were tasked to complete a project, which could have been done individually. This made finding something for everyone to do difficult, and several people in the group did nothing at all.

The amount of work assigned is also a problem faced when working in teams. If not enough work is given for everyone to do, the team begins to make up things for each group member to do and then the team ends up doing more work than necessary.

Completion is another problem faced by working in teams. Getting together to get the work done due to different schedules is difficult for teams. Even if the work is done separately and then emailed to one person to compile, some team members may still not do their share. I worked on a project for a human resources class where each team member did research and then was supposed to write up the results found and email them to me so I could put them in a PowerPoint. While some team members did this, others only sent links to websites or vague notes with no sources.

            Working in teams is not easy and is hindered by the size of the group, the amount of work assigned and how the work will be completed. Thus, working in teams should be avoided when possible and made flexible when teams are necessary.

What Professional Blogs can do for Businesses and Organizations

            In the last few years, people have been using blogs for much more than a constant personal stream of thought. Professional blogs have been popping up all over the Internet as a way to benefit business and organizations by drawing in more traffic, a faster way of communicating with clients and employees and by being a cheaper way of advertising.

            Professional blogs attract more viewers because they are easier to access. They have simple web addresses so people can remember them much easier than other sites. Search engines tend to favor blogs and they are usually in the top results when their topic is typed into the search bar.

            Every day policies change and news becomes relevant. People need to be updated as soon as the information becomes available. Professional blogs make it easier for companies and organizations to communicate with their employees and their customers because they can update in information instantly. Companies don’t need to worry about a server not updating it in time, as with a regular website.

            Advertising, especially now, is expensive. Most companies can’t afford to advertise during the Super Bowl or place adds all over the Internet. Professional blogs allow for free advertising.  The blog can be set up for nothing and the only cost of the blog for the future is paying an employee to update it.

            Blogging has become a faster, more efficient way for people to communicate. The Internet allows for companies and organizations to create professional blogs that can benefit them by bringing in more hits, providing an up-to-date place for communicating with customers and employees and because blogs are cheap advertising.