Systems Theory, Principle of Synergy and performance in high performance teams
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management, synergy, high performance teams, Systems Theory, organizational performanceAbstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze how the principle of synergy, from Systems Theory, influences the performance of high-performance teams in business organizations. With a mixed design, the theoretical review of von Bertalanffy's Systems Theory and the principle of synergy proposed by Ansoff was combined with an empirical analysis of the data to build, around the theory, a hypothetical exercise that would show the functioning of high-performance teams, using the three basic premises of Systems Theory. The results show how teams can achieve results that are significantly greater than the sum of their individual parts. The importance of team management is highlighted, offering a theoretical and practical vision about the way in which their efforts can contribute to performance within the business context, using synergy.
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