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How do teams contribute to organizations?

• A team is a collection of people working together to accomplish a common goal.

• Teams help organizations perform through synergy— the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

• Teams help satisfy important needs for their members by providing sources of job support and social satisfactions.

• Social loafi ng and other problems can limit the performance of teams.

• Organizations operate as networks of formal and informal groups. For Discussion Why do people often tolerate social loafers at work?