Discuss the role of synergy within a team and how synergy can lead to overall higher performance and greater accomplishments as compared to an individual effort. Provide an example that shows how synergy can be applied to explain why this may lead to greater performance.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans:
• Synergy is the idea that a together a group can accomplish more than the individual members of the team can accomplish on their own. For example, a mathematical example would be that 1+1+1 = 5. Typically, the answer to this question would be three, however, because of synergy a sum greater than the individual parts can be achieved. Synergy can lead to greater performance because the parts of the team are working together to achieve goals and performing more than the workers would on their own.
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