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In the highly competitive corporate domain, team sport metaphors are often applied to business. There are common themes – teamwork, competition, and will-to-win. But what can organisations really learn from professional team sports? Are there really enough similarities, or are the differences so large that the metaphor actually becomes misleading?

While writing this in the middle of the nineteenth century, Lord Tennyson would probably not have realised how much more relevant his words would be towards the turn of the millennium.  No one can doubt that the world has seen more changes in the last few years than ever before in its entire history.  We might argue that this is a knee-jerk reaction emanating from the myopic view we present to ourselves as a consequence of us living in these times.  However, even the most die-hard critic would appreciate some truth in this perception – and if we do, then we should also appreciate the need to understand the ‘order’ or the ‘times’ we live in, and of course, what we will be expected to manage and leave behind for our progeny.

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Learning the Mantras of Working Together - coming to realise that effective team effort requires a specific and formal effort to create teams to handle the various functions that are necessary to effective performance. Presenting to you a one-day learning session 'Team Building'. The purpose of this workshop is to establish in the minds of the participants that: teams are workable, easy to create, and effective in achievement of goals, be it business or social.The Workshop would be conducted by Prof. P Guha on May 5, 2007. For further details please contact Arpita on +919331090340.