TITLE:
Team Work as a Vital Element for Outstanding Outcome: A Case Study in a Ghanaian Mine
AUTHORS:
James Obiri-Yeboah, Peter Tobbin
KEYWORDS:
Team Work, Cooperative Mind-Set, Boundary Spanning, Igniting Purpose, Productive Capacity, Aperture and Screen
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.5 No.2,
April
30,
2017
ABSTRACT: Validly, this case study shows that, team work is an undeniable route for resolving problems for business improvement. It provides the key to higher productive target achievement and competitive advantage. The case studied exposed the reality of team development as forming-storming-norming-performing-adjourning model depicts. Clearly, the paper identified success factors of the team as common language, use of prototype and shared experience. Notably, the tools for generating useful team contribution were identified as cooperative mind-set, boundary spanning, igniting purpose and productive capacity. The technics that fueled the team’s achievement were innovation, creativity and interpersonal relationship. Consequently, the team was able to redeem the short term lack of standard 12 mm aperture screen effect on production. The paper endorsed team work as a better route for saving the company invaluable thousands of dollars in terms of direct and indirect cost.