Article Critique Name Institution Article Critique Gottfredson, R. K. (2015). How to get your teams to work. Industrial Management, 57(4), 25-30. Introduction Ryan Gottfredson article How to get your Teams to Work discusses the challenges that teams face even with their prevalence. Gottfredson declares that organizations need to have their teams recognize their purpose, as well as structure in order to be successful. Further, a good incentive plan is required to assist managers in leading and motivating their teams to become better. Gottfredson article aims to show team leaders how to be successful through identifying type of teams, the type of performance they need to measure, how this performance should be measured, and how the performance should be compensated. Summary Gottfredson declares that research indicates that teams fail to deliver their objectives 60 percent of the time. He feels that team leaders should be given a framework that offers them a successful method of leading teams. First, identifying the type of team remains crucial through the parameters of purpose and structure. Gottfredson states that the purpose of a team is based on speed and accuracy. For example, a team that is told to accomplish a duty fast may not be keen on accuracy and vice versa. This forces leaders to prioritize the goals of the team using the right measurements, as well as incentives. In terms of structure, this is interdependence of teams or the d