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Advantages

  • Tasks can be handed out to the person with the most appropriate skills.
  • Teams member are able to bounce ideas of each other.
  • Teams are able to help and motivate each other.
  • Work produced is far superior to work produced individually.
  • Project can be completed in reasonable time frame

Disadvantages

  • Team members dependent on each other
  • Lots of meeting are needed to coordinate all the activities
  • Some people work better on their own
  • One team members laziness can affect other team members and cause their task to run late
  • Team members may fall out causing friction

Difference between Personal and Technical skills

Personal skills: Sometimes referred to as ‘personal transferable skills’, these are skills that are learnt in one situation, but can also be put into practice in another situation. Examples of these include communication, team work, leadership and problem solving.

 

Technical skills: Knowledge and skills specific to a particular occupation or group of occupations. For example, the technical skills for a software developer would be programming skills.