Author(s)

James Obiri-Yeboah¹, Peter Tobbin²

¹Metallurgy Department, Goldfields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa, Ghana.
²Centre for IT Professional Development, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana.

Validly, this case study shows that, team work is an undeniable route for resolving problems for business improvement. It provides the key to higher productive target achievement and competitive advantage. The case studied exposed the reality of team development as forming-storming-norming-performing-adjourning model depicts. Clearly, the paper identified success factors of the team as common language, use of prototype and shared experience. Notably, the tools for generating useful team contribution were identified as cooperative mind-set, boundary spanning, igniting purpose and productive capacity. The technics that fueled the team’s achievement were innovation, creativity and interpersonal relationship. Consequently, the team was able to redeem the short term lack of standard 12 mm aperture screen effect on production. The paper endorsed team work as a better route for saving the company invaluable thousands of dollars in terms of direct and indirect cost.

Team Work, Cooperative Mind-Set, Boundary Spanning, Igniting Purpose, Productive Capacity, Aperture and Screen

Obiri-Yeboah, J. and Tobbin, P. (2017) Team Work as a Vital Element for Outstanding Outcome: A Case Study in a Ghanaian Mine. Open Journal of Business and Management, 5, 366-371. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2017.52031.