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What Is a Team and Effective Team Working

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From the times of our ancestors, the need to succeed has been paramount to our survival, and it should not be much of a surprise to note the more effective the team, the more likely the chances were of surviving. ([1], p. 5)

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  1. Department of Social Work Social Care and Community Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    David Johnson

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Prasad Godbole

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Derek Burke

  3. Directorate for International MBA Programmes, International Academy of Medical Leadership, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Jill Aylott

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Johnson, D. (2017). What Is a Team and Effective Team Working. In: Godbole, P., Burke, D., Aylott, J. (eds) Why Hospitals Fail. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56224-7_8

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