Effective Teams Large companies like Auto Industries use teams to build their company. Teams are made up of different people who work together to come up with innovative ideas that benefit the company as a whole. Managers observing the team's challenges and progression are crucial. Teams are individuals with different business experiences who come together to build creative propositions that help grow the business. There are four different types of teams. These teams are problem-solving teams, self-managing work teams, cross-functional teams, and virtual teams. Problem-solving teams work together to find ways to improve the work environment or have suggestions for boosting employee morale. Self-managing work teams organize employee responsibilities, such as assigning tasks to individuals, scheduling conflicts, and evaluating employee performance. Cross-functional teams are individuals who all have experience in the same field of work. Individuals come together as a team to incorporate their thoughts, designs, and new ideas to accomplish what the company needs to improve or create. Virtual teams are individuals who work together, but only via technologies such as the Internet, email or webcam. There are several steps to building team effectiveness. The steps include context, composition, work design, and process. Context steps are there to help with team performance. The four contextual factors are adequate resources, effective leadership and structure, climate of trust, performance appraisal and reward system. An adequate resource requires information, adequate equipment, staff, encouragement and administrative assistance. Leadership and structure are important, because the team needs to know what each individual is responsible for and what they can do to help. The climate of trust is very important, because team members need to know that they can trust each other without taking advantage of them. The performance appraisal and reward system is important to know how each team member is performing overall. The reward system is awarded to the team as a group and does not exclude anyone. “Work as a team, grow as a team, succeed as a team.” Composition helps managers know how teams should be organized. The seven categories would include member skills, personality, role assignment, team diversity and size, member flexibility, and member preferences..