Talk:Team building

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Current article doesn't distinguish this jargon term from its more general use. Team building more generally also refers to activities imposed and possibly also managed from outside the team, typically by higher management or similar. The particular approach described here is very trendy but stating or implying that it's the only way to build a team, as this article currently does, or even that it's the best way, which is now many professional consultants make their money at the moment, is POV. Andrewa 20:14, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Yes, the article is incomplete. If you are familiar with either the "more general use of the term" outside of Human resource management, or alternative team building techniques within HR, then please add to the article. mydogategodshat 21:37, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Agree it's incomplete, but the problem I was highlighting is more that it doesn't currently read like an incomplete article, just the opposite in fact. It currently assumes and thereby promotes the particular terminology used by a particular methodology. It could have been lifted straight from several of the (many) proprietry management methodology documents I've been obliged to read over the years. NPOVing it without losing content will be something of a challenge, I'll have a go when I have a suitable timeslot. Andrewa 23:43, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The current article:

• Is prone to link spam (have tagged as such) Jtneill 06:34, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Not sure how long to leave the tag there, but it has succeeded in significantly reducing link spam to almost zero; I note on the teamwork page there are NO external links and instead a commented section requesting none to be added. That might be a bit extreme, but similar comments could be added into this article and perhaps the link spam tag removed. Jtneill - Talk 15:47, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• Is incomplete, e.g., no comment on research about team building Jtneill 06:34, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• The subject is incomplete, Teamwork and Teambuilding are linked together, but in order to build a team that works togeather you must have communication and followup . No team can work without effective communication or followup when building a team. Will take a shot at modifying article when more time is available. B_Rieckmann 19:45, 26 March 2006
• Teambuilding is a developmental process where teamwork is a result of combined factors including training, development and experience which all functioning together, in varying degrees, can result in teamwork. Teambuilding or team building is a seperate topic. If it were to be combined with teamwork, then teamwork should be combined with training.
• Team Building is a deliberate, planned activity that is designed to enhance a group's ability to work together. This is different from teamwork. Teamwork happens when a group actually works together, whether deliberately or by necessity or a natural confluence or flow of events. (i.e. in a fire, people may be forced to work together to create a "bucket brigade".) In a Team Building session, a group would be asked to try and simulate a bucket brigade and use that as a learning experience.
• "Teamwork" doesn't have spam links because "Team Building" is used more often as a search Key phrase, and spam linkers would naturally prefer a Key Phrase that is more popular.

[edit] Merge to Teamwork: Yes or no?

The merge tag's been on there forever. Opinions?

• No merge. Different concepts. --Alvestrand 13:39, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

• No merge. I agree. The concepts are different. -- --John F Patterson 22:31, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• No merge. As above. The concepts are very different from each other.
• No merge. strange idea. Byapparov 17:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes. A good idea

No. A bad idea in my opinion.

With a clear majority over 2 months saying "no merge", I'm removing the tag. --Alvestrand 14:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)