Teamwork is an organizational philosophy or value system, an occurrence, whereas teams are specific and discrete organizational units. Many companies have attempted to form team structures merely because they felt there was intrinsic merit in teams, or because it seemed like the thing to do in the 1990's. Such efforts are doomed to failure. The confusion stems from seeing teams as the end versus the means to the end. Teams are a means of achieving goals too big and complex to reach through individual