As one of the obvious reality, nowadays, many organizations are under serious pressure to improve their performance in order to survive in the market and to gain a competitive position. The other reality is emerging at the same time that the most consistently successful strategy to improve performance has proven to be the use of teams and teamwork. Teamwork is becoming an increasingly popular way of achieving greater organizational flexibility, as well as other benefits such as reduced costs of supervision, faster lead times, innovation, more effective decision-making, better customer service, and enhanced employee morale. In the mid-1990’s, 55% of UK manufacturing companies reported using teamwork(Sharon, K.P and Helen, M.W.,2001) In
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