Teams

Teams

1. Differences between Group and Teams

   • Work team
     • A group whose individual efforts result in performance that is greater than the sum of the individual inputs
   • Work group
     • A group that interacts primarily to share information and to make decisions to help each group member perform within his or her area of responsibility

2. Turning Individuals into Team Players

   • Selecting: Hiring Team Players
     • Possess interpersonal skills
     • Professional
     • Best talent
     • Fulfilling the team roles
   • Training: Creating Team Players
     • Workshop helps to improve problem-solving, communication, negotiation, conflict-management and coaching skills
     • Focus on team building
   • Rewarding: Providing Incentives to Be a Good Team Player
     • Reworked to encourage cooperative efforts rather than competitive ones
     • Reward towards team performance
     • Promotions, pray raises and other forms of recognition
     • Intrinsic rewards such as camaraderie

3. Creating Team Effectiveness

   • Context
     • Adequate Resources
     • Leadership and Structure
     • Performance Evaluation and Reward System
   • Composition
     • Abilities of members
     • Personality
     • Allocating Roles
   • Process
     • Common Purpose
     • Specific Goals
     • Team Efficacy

4. Type of Teams

   • Problem-Solving Teams
     • Group of 5-12 employees from the same department who meets for few hours each week to discuss ways of improving quality,efficiency and the work environment
   • Self-Managed Work Teams
     • Groups of 10-15 people who take on responsibilities of their former supervisors
   • Cross-Functional Teams
     • Employees from about the same hierarchical level, but from different work area,who come together to accomplish a task
   • Virtual Teams
     • Teams that use computer technology to tie together physically dispersed members in order to achieve a common goal
   • Multiteam Systems
     • A collection of two or more interdependent teams that share a superordinate goal; a team of teams