Define work team, and discuss the reasons why work teams are different from groups.

What will be an ideal response?

- A work team is a special form of group, characterized by close-knit relationships among people with different and complementary abilities and by a strong sense of identity.
- Work teams are more likely to consist of people with diverse abilities.
- Work teams usually develop more interdependence.
- Members of work teams have a high degree of group identity and are more likely to identify themselves as team members than as individuals who happen to be on a team.
- Thus, all teams consist of groups, but not all groups are teams.