Posts for tag: team size

Does Size Matter in Teams?

This year’s Olympics saw rowing teams of eight, four and two. In handball teams of seven; in hockey 16 and in volleyball six. So should team size be dictated just by the task, or are there other factors to consider?

In teams, is size really the most important factor?

It could be assumed that the larger the team the more productive they are as a whole but the opposite seems to be true.  Very often larger teams are in fact less efficient per capita. In rowing and in the workplace, overall performance is as dependent on coordination across the team as it is on the sheer effort of individual team members.  …