Do you trust team-work?
The emphasis on team work has always been largely focused in almost all industries. Many team-work theories are into practice by world renowned organizations e.g. Intel, HP etc. Trust is granted as a key towards product success at almost all stages of ''New Product Development'', Team work refer towards individuals involvement in a certain task via effective brain storming and sharing of ideas. Recent research-work emphasizes on trust existence in knowledge-sharing setups. Researchers are of the view that non-existence of trust may not make sharing of ideas successful. Hence, trust is mandatory to be able to work in a team as it lead towards employees being more productive. Vast amount of literature in sociology and psychology treats trust as a multidimensional concept such as it has both dimensions of affect and cognition.
Can team-work exist in a set-up where the cause and effect is based on evil-structure?
Can team-work exist in a set-up where the cause and effect is based on evil-structure?
The evil-structure is such like where if you put greater amounts of lie, dishonesty, destructive-thinking, injustice, brutality into your work; you will get greater intrinsic and extrinsic rewards such like promotions, recognition, pious titles, tax relaxations, governmental support and so on.
The originality of the team-work would vanish if
the individuals with evil intentions and behavior execute their daily tasks. But
its of a great significance to explore if individuals with evil intentions do understand the essence of a team work. Its interesting to see that if they really do understand it then how
do they actually follow or implement it.
How could team-work be like in an evil-structure?
How could team-work be like in an evil-structure?
Lets consider example of an organization which is based on an evil structure. An organization where injustice defeat justice, where recognition is awarded to individuals who win by organizational politics and where there is excessive corruption. So let suppose that organization is a university where where one department is responsible to conduct internationally-approved tests. A team is organized to initiate this task. To document a complete procedure, manager assigns task to an employee ''A'' to organize a meeting with his team to have a discussion on increasing prospective student’s applications for the test.
During the discussion session; team members talk about ways to attract number of prospective students. However, team member ''B'' shares a problem they might face. He shares that gaing maximum number of students is difficult because there are number of other test organizers in the same region who have better quality record. Therefore, it might not be easy to beat competitors. Another team member jumps in and gives a solution. He says that if we give some incentive to prospective students they might register with us; for example providing help to students during the test. Maximum number of team members agree to this idea. However, team member ''C'' calls this idea as unfair and illegal. All team members try to convince him that increase in student’s applications will eventually leads to your own increase in salary and you will be given commission and many other incentives. They further explain that its really easy to hide illegal activities. Team member ''C'' still remain unconvinved and shows his disagreement. Eventually, he was asked by the management either to be part of it or to quit the job. Unfortunately, he did not fit in the evil structure and ended up loosing his job. However, rest of the team members carried on with their task and worked excessively to attract prospective students by mentioning that help would be provided during the test.
There are number of things we can observe from such an example. Team members worked and accomplished the task. However, their motivation behind the task was quick and excessive money. Team members of an evil structure do realize how to help other member of the same mind-set. Evil-ideas are shared with honesty and evil behaviors are performed with excessive hard work . This indicates that team work does not really require honest intentions. They may have been addressed as winners but brought some serious negative impacts on humanity. Team members in an evil structure contributed towards university's well-being and society as a whole. Their contributions mainly include:
During the discussion session; team members talk about ways to attract number of prospective students. However, team member ''B'' shares a problem they might face. He shares that gaing maximum number of students is difficult because there are number of other test organizers in the same region who have better quality record. Therefore, it might not be easy to beat competitors. Another team member jumps in and gives a solution. He says that if we give some incentive to prospective students they might register with us; for example providing help to students during the test. Maximum number of team members agree to this idea. However, team member ''C'' calls this idea as unfair and illegal. All team members try to convince him that increase in student’s applications will eventually leads to your own increase in salary and you will be given commission and many other incentives. They further explain that its really easy to hide illegal activities. Team member ''C'' still remain unconvinved and shows his disagreement. Eventually, he was asked by the management either to be part of it or to quit the job. Unfortunately, he did not fit in the evil structure and ended up loosing his job. However, rest of the team members carried on with their task and worked excessively to attract prospective students by mentioning that help would be provided during the test.
There are number of things we can observe from such an example. Team members worked and accomplished the task. However, their motivation behind the task was quick and excessive money. Team members of an evil structure do realize how to help other member of the same mind-set. Evil-ideas are shared with honesty and evil behaviors are performed with excessive hard work . This indicates that team work does not really require honest intentions. They may have been addressed as winners but brought some serious negative impacts on humanity. Team members in an evil structure contributed towards university's well-being and society as a whole. Their contributions mainly include:
-Increase in students’ applications
-Increase in profit
-Increase in university’s ranking
-Increase in profit
-Increase in university’s ranking
-Increase in positive feedback by the students
-Increase in evil contribution towards society
-Increase in oppressing the minority rights
-Increase in oppressing the hardworking students appeared during the test
-Increase in oppressing the hardworking and honest employees
-Increase in creation of lobbies
-Increase in back-stabbing and politics
-Increase in creation of lobbies
-Increase in back-stabbing and politics
Thats an excellent piece of work on Team work. Quick question, does it always work on deceit, hypocricy, lies and dishonesty?
ReplyDeleteDear unknown,
DeleteThank you for the appreciation.
Team-work from last two decades shaping into ''Networks''. And I believe now the whole big organizations and richest governments are doing it amazingly. Its working for them as their tangible returns are more than our imaginations. We further have witnessed that war industry's strategies are going successful since ages. So yes, always working for them.
Yes, I do believe in Team work - as and where it is necessary.
ReplyDeleteYou have generalized so conviniently all the organizations under the heading of deceit and lies. It can be your opinion which I respect. For me, it is not like this. Many great organiztions do not believe in these wrong acts. For them, service comes first, not the profit. This is my personal opinion to which you can disagree.
ReplyDeleteYou may read my reply to your comment starts -- '' I have learned through........''
DeleteI have learned through my research experience that generalizing results is difficult to achieve or near to impossible. Like how can one respondent's ideology be similar to the non-respondent present in the same locality.
ReplyDeleteMy answer to the comment was a reciprocation the way it has been asked.
If we really need to dig out this concept or any other concept; we can put it in this way:
-Organizations have employees whom they hire.
-Hiring criterias cannot lock your true identity because you change with time.
-The commission and salary increase can influence even an intelligent mind.
-Lets see if whatever has been supposed is true or not. May be through research.
-Should the research should take place in third-world countries which are controversial worldwide. (I cannot take name of any country because my aim is not to foster racism)
-Can countries representation can be applied to single individuals residing therein. OR generalized?
- Anyhow, a research team should be built to find an answer to the question of team work presence in an evil structure.
-This research would be highly objectionable since how to determine an evil structure at the first place.
-Suppose research team decides to search for organizations who have been controversial in the past but profitable.
- The employee of those organizations will hardly respond to such personal questions about their personality. (I refer to criminal theory here, people with criminal minds play differently-- You cannot expect true answers from them).
Therefore, generalization even in highly organized settings is the BIGGEST ever impossible task to achieve. My answers to comments are in random fashion and I did not take into consideration the word ''all'' will make you question my question of trusting team work. But I appreciate you pointed that out; therefore I will choose words wisely next time to protect my readership interests.
Thank you for your sustained interests in my views. The only line I was able to understand was the commission and salaries would impact the employees' behaviour. Of course it does. But how many organizations do we personally know give commission to employees to do wrong acts? I'm afraid, it must not be too many. With an all powerful Media and Judiciary as a further check, I see societies are developing, although very slowly, but surely.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think generalizing is not that difficult as you have projected it to be.