{"id":543,"date":"2021-06-07T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/learn\/?p=543"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:19:01","slug":"poor-team-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/learn\/es\/collaboration\/poor-team-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 causa un mal desempe\u00f1o de los equipos de trabajo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team dysfunction is not a rare occurrence. In fact, team breakdowns have become so commonplace that it has led some of the most prominent authorities in the area of work organization and management to question whether team collaboration even works<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the significant changes of the past few decades, brought about by technological breakthroughs and the rise of remote work, have made collaborative work so ubiquitous that the question of its merits has become redundant. However, the necessity of collaboration does not guarantee its success. The empirical data<\/a> even suggests that the odds for the success of a collaborative relationship are stacked against teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while different teams can underperform and even fail in a variety of different ways, the underlying issues that lead to team breakdowns are often the same universal dysfunctions. Over the following lines, we will define the basic concepts of team errors and examine the most common team dysfunctions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Defining team errors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we dive deeper into the most common causes for team failure, we must first define what constitutes a team failure in the first place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors Hofmann and Frese define team errors<\/a> as \u201cactions that unintentionally fail to achieve their goal where this failure was potentially avoidable<\/strong>\u201d. This definition involves three crucial aspects of an error: <\/p>\n\n\n\n