People who work together for a common goal form a team.
The Spanish concept of team comes from the French term equipe . An etymological origin is one that in terms of meaning has not been maintained by the current one because in the Middle Ages, curiously, this term was used to define the process of embarking or providing a ship with everything that was needed to undertake a journey.
A team is a group of human beings who come together and work together to achieve a common goal . For this, the team maintains a certain organization that allows it to achieve its objectives. For example: "I'm going to form a new sales team for the next summer season" , "The boss asked us to work as a team" , "Meet in teams of four to carry out practical work" .
Team in sport
In sports , a team is a group that seeks to obtain a victory in a match or competition . Thus, we can refer to soccer teams ( Boca Juniors , Manchester United , AC Milan ), basketball ( Los Angeles Lakers , Chicago Bulls ) and any other sport that is not individual.
In this way, the following sentence can serve as an example: «Pep Guardiola managed to form a magnificent team of players at FC Barcelona because with him he achieved something historic such as six titles in just a single season, and more than ten trophies in four years. ».
In sports, a team is a group of athletes who compete together.
Other groups
The concept of team, in any case, is used to name various groups : we can talk about team to mention the set of clothing that a person wears as clothing or uniform ( "That sweater is not part of the school team" ); to the instruments or tools that are used for a certain purpose ( "I brought all the gastronomic equipment to prepare the barbecue" ) and to the devices and accessories that are part of a computer or that work with it ( "Tomorrow the technician will come to check the team that has the virus » ).
The concept of team, in short, can be associated with a wide variety of terms, such as group , ensemble or community . Its meaning will depend on the context, since it can refer to groups of people, animals or objects. Within the group, a dynamic can even be registered in pursuit of a common purpose (such as the functioning of a soccer team), or it can be something inert (surgical equipment at the disposal of a surgeon).
In the same way, the term team is also very important in the work environment since in many companies it is spoken of as the grouping of necessary and qualified employees in a specific area in order to achieve the proposed objectives and surpass the existing results up to that moment.
"The A Team"
When talking about this term at hand, we cannot ignore referring to an American television series from the 80s that managed to become a true mass phenomenon throughout the world. We are referring to The A Team (or A Brigade in Latin America). It revolved around four soldiers who had escaped from the force and who dedicated themselves solely and exclusively to helping all those people who required their assistance.
George Peppard, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict and Mr. T were the actors who played the protagonists of this production that mixed action, comedy and, on many occasions, drama.