Teams and Teamwork: "Two Heads Can Be Better Than One"
Teams and Teamwork: "Two Heads Can Be Better Than One"
Teams and Teamwork: "Two Heads Can Be Better Than One"
Importance Of Teams
MODULE GUIDE 21.1
Importance Of Teams
Team
a collection of people who regularly interact to pursue common
goals.
Teamwork
the process of people actively working together to accomplish
common goals.
Formal Group
a group that is officially recognized and supported by the
organization.
Informal Group
a group that is unofficial and emerges from relationships and
shared interests among members.
Committee
people brought together outside of their daily job assignments to
work in a small team for a specific task
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Importance Of Teams
Types of Teams
Project Team
is convened for a specific purpose and disbands
after completing its task.
Cross-functional Team
operates with members who come from different
functional units of an organization.
Employee Involvement Team
meets on a regular basis to help achieve
continuous improvement.
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Importance Of Teams
Types of Teams
Quality Circle Team
employees who meet periodically to discuss
ways of improving work quality.
Self-managing Teams
work team having the authority to make decisions
about how they share and complete their work.
Virtual Teams
Work together and solve problems through
computer based interactions
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Importance Of Teams
Benefits of Teams
Synergy
The creation of a whole greater than or equal to the sum of
its parts
Importance Of Teams
MANAGEMENT TIPS
Characteristics of High Performance Teams
Importance Of Teams
Potential Problems With Teams
Social Loafing
the tendency of some people to avoid responsibility by free-
riding in groups.
Meetings (wasted time)
1. People arrive late, leave early, and don’t take things seriously.
2. The meeting is too long, sometimes twice as long as necessary.
3. People don’t stay on topic; they digress and are easily distracted.
4. The discussion lacks candor; people are unwilling to tell the truth.
5. The right information isn’t available, so decisions are postponed.
6. Nothing happens when the meeting is over; no one puts decisions into
action.
7. Things never get better; the same mistakes are made meeting after
meeting.
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Importance Of Teams
Assessing the
maturity of a
team
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Foundations Of Teamwork
MODULE GUIDE 21.2
Foundations Of Teamwork
Stages of Development
Forming Stage
team development, one of initial task orientation and
interpersonal testing.
Norming Stage
members of the team begin to coordinate their efforts as a
working unit and tend to operate with shared rules of
conduct.
Performing Stage
members are more mature, organized, and well functioning.
Adjourning Stage
the final stage for temporary committees, task forces, and
project teams.
FOUNDATIONS OF TEAMWORK
Effective Teams
Effective Teams
make use of alternative communication
networks and decision-making methods to best
complete tasks.
Group Process
The way members interact and work together to
transform inputs into outputs
Effective Teams
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Effective Teams
Group Norms
Behaviors, rules or standards expected of team members
Cohesion
the attractiveness of the team to its members
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Effective Teams
Task and Maintenance Roles
Task Activities
contribute directly to the team’s performance
purpose
Maintenance Activities
support the emotional life of the team as an
ongoing social system.
Distributed Leadership
every member is continually responsible for both
recognizing when task or maintenance activities
are needed and taking actions to provide them.
FOUNDATIONS OF TEAMWORK
Effective Teams
FOUNDATIONS OF TEAMWORK
Effective Teams
Communication Networks
Decentralized Communication Network
Allows all members to communicate directly with
one another. Works well for tasks that require
lots of creativity, information processing, and
problem solving.
Centralized Communication Network
Requires members to communicate with each
other via a central hub or port
FOUNDATIONS OF TEAMWORK
Effective Teams
FOUNDATIONS OF TEAMWORK
Effective Teams
Decision Making
The process of making choices through
choosing from alternative courses of action
Groupthink
a tendency of members of highly cohesive
teams to lose their critical evaluative
capabilities and make poor decisions.