Team Work And Employee Performance In Child Fund International

ABSTRACT

The topic of research was team work and employee performance in Organizations and the

lack of effective teamwork in Child Fund international. The main purpose of the study is to

establish the relationship between team work and employee performance in the

organization. The study was guided by the following objectives, to find and the different

forms of team work that were used in Child Fund International, to examine the effects of

team work on performance of employees in Child fund International and to establish the

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measures to effects of team work of performance on employees in the organization.

The design of the study was both descriptive and analytical. Descriptive which deals in

identifying team work used in Child Fund International and analytical aspect deals with the

analyses of the effect of team work on employee performance in the organization. The

study focused on 100 respondents from different departments of the organization, but the

researcher collected views from 50 respondents and the tools that were used to collect

data were questionnaires.

The researcher found out problem solving teams as the most form of team work to be used

in Child Fund International while self directed and projected teams being the least form of

team work ust'!d in the organization. Also, the researcher found out that the majority of

the respondents favored effect of team work on performance over the minority. And lastly

it was found out that the majority of the respondents favored formation of good working

environment as the best solution to the problem affecting team work in Child Fund

International.

The researcher concluded that problem solving were the most commonly used terms in

Child Fund International and also concluded that teamwork affects performance with the

majority support, and formation of good working environment taken as the best solution to

the problems facing team work in Child Fund International.

The researcher recommended; the leaders' knowledge of what motivates his team, define roles clearly and manage conflict purposefully.