TEAM BUILDING AND PERFORMANCE IN ORGANIZATIONS: AN EXPLORATION OF ISSUES

Ada-Mac Ozigbo; Maryam Idegbesor; Chigbo Donatus Ngige; Nkiru Peace Nwakoby

Ada-Mac Ozigbo Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, National Open University, Abuja
Maryam Idegbesor Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus
Chigbo Donatus Ngige Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus
Nkiru Peace Nwakoby Department of Entrepreneurial Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State

Keywords: Team Building, Performance, Organization, Exploration, Challenges

Abstract

This paper explored Team Building and Performance in Organizations: An Exploration of Issues. It describes team building: nature and characteristics, types of teams, stages of team development, team building objectives, building effective teams, effects of team building on performance, challenges to team building; and thus offered a number of positive results/benefits as well as the challenges which team building bequeaths/poses to organizations.