Abstract
Applied at workplaces, teamwork can be defined as a co-ordinated effort from a group of people acting together towards a specific business purpose. In large organizations, individuals play certain roles and carry out certain responsibilities, which are determined in advance. Each task is accomplished by a specialized team, which allows the organization to be more productive in the execution of daily tasks. This idea concurs to what Adam Smith advocated: he believed that the organization of a business in specialized teams or the division of labor as he called it - was the ultimate key to a business success.
