So, what Team Organizations do YOU have?

[cosmicfish]

Originally Posted by kalos72

So one question I had was, why so many type of teams?

You know you are going to need AG, Engineer, Medical and Science Teams working together to bring a community back online, why are they seperate teams?

Wouldn't them working as a single force, together at the same time/place be more efficient?

I am leaning towards a "Civil Affairs" type combined team or maybe a "State Reconstruction Team" or something .

Would it also mean less facilities overall if they were working out of one larger one?

Obviously there are some teams that would be limited in numbers that ake sense to be separate, like Decon maybe.

Thoughts?

There have already been notes about putting all your eggs in one basket, but I am going to add a few other reasons why I think this is a bad idea.

First, all of these areas (agriculture, engineering, medical, science) involve daily operations that require a team's worth of people to do. How much practical medicine can a pair of medics actually do, and how does that compare to what a whole medical team (with a couple of doctors, nurses, perhaps a dentist and a psychiatrist) can do for an area several times as large? If your engineering team wants to build a bridge, do two people have to do that job all by themselves, and can two people reasonably have all the skills needed to do so? Separate teams mean that each team can have the breadth of skills necessary to handle the typical kinds of tasks in their specialty.

Second, all of these areas have different objectives and address different needs. What if your area doesn't have any agricultural needs? Do your ag guys take a vacation while everyone else works and while refugees elsewhere are desperately in need of some farming assistance? What if an area has a mild medical emergency - does the rest of the team just hang out and change bedpans? Splitting teams by specialty means you can allocate specific resources to specific problems with minimal waste.

There are other reasons as well, but I think this covers a few big issues that all but demand separate specialty teams. Remember, in real life "all purpose troubleshooting/problem solving teams" exist only in tiny quantities, and only for specific reasons. Specialized groups are more efficient, that's why you don't go to the hospital to get your oil changed, resole your shoes, or buy groceries.