Business organizations are always making efforts to improve employee productivity- after all productivity is synonymous to income in the business world. Many companies are still enforcing the usual rewards system where incentives such as bonuses and promotions are given to employees who have been notable on their performance, but little do they know that these kinds of encouragement may not be as effective as it is in the long run. With today's development in the science of organizational management, a new method of achieving improved team output is becoming more and more popular among big names in the business world, positive change through creating greater team accountability.

Being accountable means having to be able to accept full responsibility of the consequences as a result of certain events in the organization. It first starts with achieving individual employee accountability. With each members of the team being accountable of their actions, team accountability is achieved- each and every member of the team becomes accountable of the actions of the whole team. Achieving team accountability eliminates the concept of the blame game which only adds as an obstacle in reaching organizational goals.

Having created a culture of accountability within the company ensures team members of doing their part right and encourages better performance. But creating a culture of accountability is not easy since the concept of having to accept responsibility is often met with a negative attitude. Proper tools and techniques are required to fix this negative perception about team accountability. But once holding others accountable in a positive and principled way is achieved, people start to fulfill the expectations that the company has for them. Team accountability can become a powerful tool towards organizational success.


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