“Systemic approach to teamwork - a model for team building”

Today in the global economy the importance of teamwork in the workplace receives significant attention. Teamwork is not only important, it is essential, especially for the companies that are part of the international business - they produce at one continent at the moment, then a few days later deliver the goods to the customers to another. The focus of this paper is the analysis of the team building process, regardless of the purpose or the task the teams perform. The main objective is to set a model for team building which will have a high level of universality in its application. The research results are presented in a consistent form - a model for building teams that met the above requirement of unlimited usage. The conclusion emphasizes once again that the ability to work in a team becomes one of the essential skills required from employees in firms, regardless of their size. So, to utilize as much as possible from individuals’ potential, it is necessary to understand and implement the process of building and managing teamwork. Key words: teams, teamwork, mode