Technology techno logical changes and team environments are also contextual forces that influence workplace communication today many organizations rely heavily on a team based approach and technology to improve productivity and innovation familiarity with technology and team environments will make you a more effective employee and communicator work teams help companies remain competitive and global marketplace choose this selections from the list that best find effective work teams check all that apply self$-$directed work teams handle a wide variety of functions teams are inherently dysfunctional and unpleasant unless they are well supervised