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TEAMWORK

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Learning Styles Concrete Experience

Reflective Observation

Abstract Conceptualisation

ActiveExperimentation

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Exercise

Get into your project team Share your learning styles Discuss how best to work together

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Understanding Groups Two or more interacting and

interdependent individuals who come together to achieve particular goals.

Formal groups Work groups defined by the

organization’s structure that have designated work assignments and tasks.

Appropriate behaviors are defined by and directed toward organizational goals.

Informal groups Groups that are independently formed to

meet the social needs of their members.

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Stages in Group Development Forming

Members join and begin the process of defining the group’s purpose, structure, and leadership.

Storming Intragroup conflict occurs as

individuals resist control by the group and disagree over leadership.

Norming Close relationships develop

as the group becomes cohesive and establishes its norms for acceptable behavior.

Performing A fully functional

group structure allows the group to focus on performing the task at hand.

Adjourning The group prepares

to disband and is no longer concerned with high levels of performance.

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Stages of Group Development

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Advantages of Using Teams

Teams outperform individuals.

Teams provide a way to better use employee talents.

Teams are more flexible and responsive.

Teams can be quickly assembled, deployed, refocused, and disbanded.

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Characteristics of Effective Teams

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Characteristics of Effective Teams Have a clear

understanding of their goals.

Have competent members with relevant technical and interpersonal skills.

Exhibit high mutual trust in the character and integrity of their members.

Are unified in their commitment to team goals.

Have good communication systems.

Possess effective negotiating skills

Have appropriate leadership

Have both internally and externally supportive environments

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How to Work In Team

Set goals Agree on rules Communicate: Share, listen,

integrate, … Respect each other Perform: Do your part/ help others/

ask for support Develop trust

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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

Work is becoming more complex, which requires a group or team effort

Teams are groups where members with complementary skills hold themselves mutually accountable for team performance

Building effective groups and teams requires knowledge of task/technology, people, formal organization arrangements and group culture

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Case: How to save this team

Does this task need teamwork? Why didn't the team work? What need to be done in order to

make the team work?

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COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TEAM PROJECT

I am more productive when I work alone. I don’t even like working in a team.

I can’t change my schedule to attend team meetings. I do not know what’s going on in my team. I feel like I’m left out of the team. Some of the members did not participate. I am kind of surprised. The report we turned in is

different than I expected. We relied on Joe for company info. He did not get it.

We’re screwed.

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Team Exercise

Get to your Project Team Work on the Mountain Survivor

exercise (handout in class) Individual: 7 minutes Team: 15 minutes