Groups and Teams
5 Types of Team Arrangements
Teamwork
Reflection on Organizational Behavior Chapter 10 : Understanding Work Team
Characteristics of Effective Teams
1. Team Context : What factors determine whether teams are successful?
- Adequate Resources
- Leadership and Structure
- Climate of Trust
- Performance Evaluations and Rewards
2. Team Composition : How should teams be staffed?
- Abilities of members
- Personality
- Allocating roles
- Diversity
- Cultural differences
- Size of teams
- Member preferences
3. Team Processes :
- Common Plan and Purpose
- Reflexivity
- Specific Goals
- Team Efficacy
- Team Identity
- Team Cohesion
- Mental Models
- Conflict Levels
- Social Loafing
How Organizations Can Create Team Players
Creating Team Players
Selecting :
- Hire team players
Training :
- Create team players
Rewarding :
- Incentives to be a good team player
When to Use Individuals instead of Teams
When not to use teams ask:
- Can the work be done better by one person?
- Does the work create a common goal or purpose?
- Are the members of the group interdependent?