>> a. The people on a team share a common purpose, and
>> b. they share a conviction that they will not achieve that purpose
>> without
>> working together (or, at least, that they would not achieve it as
>> efficiently or as effectively.)
>
>But surely, a bunch of people waiting at a bus stop - whether they
>are a
>group or a team - would have the same common purpose, at least short
>term: to get on the bus when it comes.
The requirements a. and b. are connected with an "and" not an "or".
--"Winfried Dressler" <winfried.dressler@voith.de>
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