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Working with teams - Textbook

Setting up a team to win
1. Right people for the right reasons
  1. Balance between technical expertise and others like communication,leadership & creativity
2. Clarify autonomy within team - what are their boundaries
3. Guarantee commitment of significant people - set up steering group to clear path of project group
4. Dont over commit people - define clearly what time & resources will be needed by each person
The 4 stages of the team
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
Learning styles by Honey & Mumford
1. Activist
2. Reflector
3. Theorist
4. Pragmatist
Climate in an organisation
1. Physical climate affects feelings of well-being
  1. Reflects on perceptions of atmosphere at work that affect behaviour
  2. Symptoms that something is wrong
    1. High level grievance or complaint
    2. Low performance standards
    3. Conflict/hostility between team members
    4. People avoiding talking/listening to each other
    5. People being afraid to speak up
    6. Managers perceived as unapproachable
    7. Lack of effective communication with other teams
    8. Confusion about overall goals of the team
    9. Widespread confusion about individual tasks and roles
    10. Apathy & lack of involvement in where team is heading
    11. People failing to acknowledge each others good work
    12. Confusion about working procedures as a group
    13. Hostility & mistrust in relationships with other teams
    14. Poor performance compared with other teams performing the same job
2. Climate is affected by leadership style
3. Climate affects motivation
  1. Motivation affects performance
Leadership styles
1. Power-led
2. Affiliative
3. Achievement-led

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