TEAM BUILDING WHAT IS A TEAM?
A TEAM comprises a group of people linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.
A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize his or her strengths and minimize his or her weaknesses.
DEFINITION
There is no universally accepted team definition. Everybody defines teams based on his perspective by emphasizing the aspects of the teams that are considered most important. However, we will use a single team definition, which we provide below, throughout the study in order to help readers understand more easily and be more consistent.

“A team is a small number of people with complimentary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable (Katzenbach & Smith, 1993)”

This team definition phrases above and beyond an everyday definition. It gives more than just wording the term of team. It brings all significant aspects of the team building process out to the surface. Another important point is that the inevitable integration necessity among these aspects.

To be able to talk about a real team, we need to have all these aspects working together with harmonization. None of these aspects is more important than the others are. Each one of them is necessary from team building and team performance point of view.
Teamwork is a joint action by two or more people, in which each person contributes with different skills and expresses his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group in order to achieve common goals.
This does not mean that the individual is no longer