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Current article doesn't distinguish this [[jargon]] term from its more general use. '''Team building''' more generally also refers to activities imposed and possibly also managed from outside the team, typically by higher management or similar. The particular approach described here is very trendy but stating or implying that it's the '''only''' way to build a team, as this article currently does, or even that it's the '''best''' way, which is now many professional [[consultant]]s make their money at the moment, is POV. [[User:Andrewa|Andrewa]] 20:14, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:Yes, the article is incomplete. If you are familiar with either the "more general use of the term" outside of Human resource management, or alternative team building techniques within HR, then please add to the article. [[User:Mydogategodshat|mydogategodshat]] 21:37, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
::Agree it's incomplete, but the problem I was highlighting is more that it doesn't currently read like an incomplete article, just the opposite in fact. It currently assumes and thereby promotes the particular [[terminology]] used by a particular [[methodology]]. It could have been lifted straight from several of the (many) proprietry management methodology documents I've been obliged to read over the years. NPOVing it without losing content will be something of a challenge, I'll have a go when I have a suitable timeslot. [[User:Andrewa|Andrewa]] 23:43, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The current article: NO.
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More needs to be included on why teams have grown in popularity and whether or not people today have the necessary interpersonal competencies to effectively work in teams.
'''The Two Types Of Team Building'''
There's a conflation of two different concepts or practices in this article, and I agree it would serve the article well to tease them apart. I'd be happy to write something up, but there isn't specific literature to cite on this. I have extensive experience in doing exactly this kind of work for many Fortune 500 companies, and as such could be considered an "authority" in this area ([http://teamtuneup.com/about-us/den-bradshaw/ read my bio here]) BUT I will refrain from adding to the actual page without consensus from the moderator(s) that it would be valuable and accepted. Here's the distinction that I believe would be valuable to tease out:
* 1) Team Building as a part of ongoing organizational development within the organization itself. This deals with best practices from a human resources and managerial standpoint to promote the ongoing development of teams and their relationships, but in relation to specific goals, milestones and tasks that are part of the organization's function.
* 2) Team Building as a part of an external intervention designed to take team members out of the context of the organization and it's day-to-day function, hierarchy, job titles and specific tasks. Removing these artifices allows the group to performing team building activities that are unrelated to the specifics of individual job function, team tasks, hierarchy and other specifics of the organization. In this context, which is usually facilitated by an outside consultant or organization, team members are able to work on collaboration, problem solving, communication, trust, and relationship building without the strictures inherent in the day-to-day organization. There is usually the integration of fun/play as well, which has been shown to speed the bonding process. These activities still include the concepts of goal/intention setting, problem solving and interpersonal relations management, but the concept of role clarification and application to specifics of the individual real-world job function is left behind in this process as it is viewed more as an impediment to the development of interpersonal relations.[[User:Denbradshaw|Denbradshaw]] ([[User talk:Denbradshaw|talk]]) 17:46, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
== Merge to [[Teamwork]]: Yes or no? ==
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