TEAM COMPOSITION: IMPACT OF HETEROGENEITY AND HOMOGENEITY
INTRODUCTION
A team is a group which has a common goal or common objective. Unlike groups, a team focuses on their collective outcome. Usually, teams have members with higher skills which help them in maximizing their strengths and minimizing their weaknesses accordingly. Every member in the team need to understand how to help other team members to build unity amongst them. Unity and understanding create a sense of responsibility among team members to participate and generate greater performance to attain their main objective. There are certain differences which arise due to instability in the team or its members. These instabilities can be referred to as ego, jealousy between the team members and differences due to incapability in work capacity etc. Team work effectiveness does not come automatically. Teams have to be set up correctly in order to determine the goals. Proper team member selection is very important so as to ensure every member is focused and dedicated towards their target. Hence, mutual commitment is required in order to achieve the objective by all members of a team.
To get the work done by team members, team composition must be present. Team composition relates to the overall mixture of characteristics among the members in a team. They interact interdependently to achieve their main objective. To achieve a common goal, performance of every team member must be optimum. Team composition is combined with a variety of attributes. These attributes are as follows:
Team size
Member ability
Team diversity
Member roles
Member personality

TEAM SIZE
These attributes play an important role in order to achieve overall outcomes. Team size can have an adverse impact on the team’s work. Team size determines the purpose of the team, expectations of every member in a team and their capability to