work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole”.
In a business setting accounting techniques may be used to provide financial measures of the benefits of teamwork which are useful for justifying the concept.Teamwork is increasingly advocated by health care policy makers as a means of assuring quality and safety in the delivery of services; a committee of the Institute of Medicine recommended in 2000 that patient safety programs “establish interdisciplinary team training programs for providers that incorporate proven methods of team training, such as simulation