Examining Challenges of a Group and Team

Creating a training program is something that is [Clearer writing suggestion--Remove "that is"] essential to the success of any company or organization. As I compile a training plan for WorldCom, I need to make sure that all members of the organization have a clear understanding of what it takes to be a team. The author [If this means yourself, avoid referring to yourself in the third person; if this is a personal account, use the first person (I, me, my)] of our [Use "we," "us," or "our" to mean yourself and coauthors, not general humanity (or yourself and the reader)] text states, “A work team generates positive synergy through coordinated effort. Their individual efforts result in a level of performance that is greater than the sum of those individual inputs.” [Move the period to follow the citation] (Robbins & Judge, 2007, p. 339) In this paper I will be coming up with a training program that could have possibly saved [Doctoral-level comment (also recommended for any academic writer)--do not divide two-part verb beginning with has/have/had. Try to place "possibly" before or after the two-part verb (have saved)--"possibly have saved" or "have saved possibly" (or place "possibly" later in the sentence)] WorldCom from failure. Our team developed a chart that illustrated how we could increase the effectiveness of a team by examining the challenges and benefits of communication, collaboration and [Check punctuation: insert a comma before this word if this is the last in a list of more than two -- or if it begins a new clause] conflict.

As a team we came up to the conclusion that communication is the foundation to the success of any team. When teams communicate it builds a level of trust that may not have been present if we [Place comma before this word if this is the end of the introductory phrase (beginning with "When")] lacked the necessary level of communication. Each team member will be different and will have a different approach when it comes to...