Introduction There are many different factors that influence and determine the potential success or failure of a team, largely regardless of whether such teams fall within the realms of business, politics, entertainment or sports. In general, teams whose members share common perceptions about their purpose and goals, teams whose members trust each other and whose members trust their managers and leaders; teams whose members communicate and coordinate their efforts effectively; and teams whose members can resolve conflicts and disagreements effectively and productively tend to be more successful than teams whose members do not. Discussion Establishing and Maintaining a Shared Vision One of the key determinants of the relative success or failure of teams is the degree to which individual team members maintain a shared vision of their mission, purpose, and objectives (Wooden & Jamison 2005). This should become somewhat apparent only by understanding the meaning of clearly defined goals and objectives, in large part because the failure to establish shared goals leaves so much room for different approaches to putative goals that such differences typically undermine the efforts of individual members of the team to achieve any goal. together (Miller 2009). In contrast, where team members all share the same conceptual understanding of the mission, purpose, and objectives, they are much more likely to engage in their respective areas of responsibility to support the achievement of the unified team's goals (Miller 2009). if some members of a retail organization believe that their department's goal is to maximize... middle of paper... success when team members maintain a shared vision of the team's purpose and objectives, when the Individual team members trust each other, and their superiors, when they communicate and coordinate their efforts well and when they maintain processes and methods to resolve conflicts and disagreements productively rather than destructively. Works Cited George, J & Jones, G 2008, Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.Maxwell, JC 2007, The 21 Irrefutable Rules of Leadership, Maxwell Motivation Co. Macon, GA.Miller, S 2009, Why teams win: 9 keys to success in business, sports and beyond, Jossey-Bass, Mississauga, Ontario.Robbins, S & Judge, T 2009, Organizational Behavior, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.Wooden, J & Jamison, S 2005, Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization, McGraw-Hill, New York.