UTILIZING HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS IN EDUCATIONAL ENVĐRONMENT

A profit /non-profit organization can use different methods in order to reach high performance. One of these methods is to utilize High Performance Teams (HPTs). Some organizations have their own system of education and make their personnel learn their job from the beginning of high school years. These kinds of organizations such as some of the large-scaled companies and most of the military foundations have their own high schools, colleges, universities and institutes. When we examine the teaching methodology used in these schools, it mostly depends on the classical way of teaching: “Instructor speaks and students learn”. Also the learning process doesn’t exactly serves to shared purpose of the organization. Group activities in those schools are not completely team- oriented and not profoundly focused in learning. By employing HPTs in schools and education&training centers, both the organizations and the students will get many benefits. For example, an organization will be able to have employees full of capabilities as soon as they graduate from schools. The students also will learn to get involved in a high performance team and improve their skills. In this essay, the reason why HPTs must be utilized in an educational environment is determined and the advantages of High Performance Team Learning (HPTL) are revealed. A formation of HPTL for the best practices is also given