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Cooperation is the corner stone for the teamwork and helps in
several ways. It removes the bottlenecks and speeds up the processes.
Cooperation also improves the morale of the workers. The inexperienced and
trainees learn the work expeditiously since the seniors in the team willingly
spend time to train them. Cooperation also involves encouraging others, sharing
the burden, giving useful tips, and suggestions to other team members, and also
looking after their security. The individuals develop camaraderie and
interpersonal will improve. All these result in the increase of productivity.
But there are certain jobs where individual competition contributes to the
productivity. Man by nature wants to show off as better than his neighbor. In
the competitive world of businesses, one cannot lessen the importance of
competition among the sales and persons to improve the sales and profits for the
company. When there are incentives given to the individuals for exceeding the
targets set to them, they compete to earn more by exceeding the targets. The
leader or manager considers the usefulness of the competitive spirit and uses it
appropriately. There are intra-team and inter –team competitions to improve the
productivity. The leader or the managers should ensure that there is only
healthy competition and it does not lead to jealousies and unethical practices.
However, it is necessary that the cooperation among persons is maintained for
the effectiveness of the organization.
In sum, we can say that the people working in teams where there is cooperation
show greater productivity than those working individually and competing with
each other.
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