Abstract
Cohesion is major attraction to several performing team as individuals show level of satisfaction in sharing and supporting each other to achieve the set project goal. The absence of cohesion in a team will certainly affect performance of the team to create unnecessary stress, anchor, tension, divided minds and self-commendation. It is often perceived that when people come together for a common goal, it is likened to a team and is expected to perform. This misconstrued the idea that a team is effective when there is no cohesion or internal mechanism that supports and complement each other to achieve set goal. This assessment is imperative to research into how team cohesion can speed up performance in a given project, and as well identify factors that make or mar team cohesion. This was a quantitative assessment with the use of a structured questionnaire to elicit information from study participants. Study participants were selected through a purposive sampling method. The instrument was administered through an interview process where the study participants were allowed to response to the statements in the questionnaire. Findings from the assessment reveals varied strength and gaps in team cohesion starting with formation, feedback, conflict management and participation. Areas identified as partially improved were linked to team feeling self-stimulated to seek solutions for work-related problems, having access to work-related information as when required and creating opportunities for conscious exchange of ideas even in busy schedules. Conclusively, it is important for project managers and leaders to recognize that absence of cohesion in a team will certainly affect performance of the team and create unnecessary stress, anchor, tension, divided minds and self-commendation and also directly turn affects project outcome.
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