Whats a team ?
Its a group of people who have different expertise but the same goal.
There is no single winner and there is no single loser. Its a team that wins and its a team that bears the brunt of losing.
Lets have a look at the organization structure.
Theres a group of people who handle
1. products
2. marketing and sales
3. finance
4. hr
5.operations
I call this verticalisation of organization!
With each group having their set goals / KRA’s:
1. Product group: to roll out new products
2. marketing group: to roll out new marketing strategies
3. sale group: to sell products rolled out
4. finance group: control cost and track revenue
5. hr group: help to hire, train, etc.
6. operations group: develop products, handle customer complaints,etc.
The above is all that requires to form an organization.
And now they start coordinating with each through mails and endless long meetings held once a while.
Apart for lack of communication, other issues I believe is that there is no single group one can hold responsible when things go wrong i.e. there is lack of accountability.Say the company does not earn enough revenues. Whom do you blame?
Products, Sales, Marketing, Operations,HR ??
Who would take up the responsibility?
This also leads to develop employees with narrow vision, as theres little understanding of other functions.
Here is where I attemp to propose a solution to the above problem.
BUILD TEAMS
Set a team comprising of people with expertise in different functions mentioned above and lets call this team as a MISSIONTEAM. Their goal is in line with the business of the organization. They report to a single business head.
The advantages are:
1. organization becomes flatter
2. theres more communication
3. greater learning for employees as they closely work with people from different experiences.
4.greater accountability.
And all other advantages that comes with team spirit.
So lets TEAM UP!