Teams are groups of 2 or more people who interact and influence each other and are mutually accountable for achieving common goals associated with organizational objectives
Why do people join teams?
-4 Reasons
-People have an innate drive to bond
-group membership is an inherent ingredient in a person’s self-concept
-personal goals are accomplished better in groups
-individuals are comforted in stressful situations by the mere presence of other people
-Teams make better decisions in most scenarios
-Teams are not always effective if people don’t pull their weight in the process
Team effectiveness
-team’s ability to achieve its objectives
-fulfill the needs of its members
-maintain itself
3 Team Design Elements
-Task Characteristics: when teams can be divided into specialized roles according to the task at hand
-Team Size: Depending on work load and the amount of people in the group size will dictate how work can be accomplished
-Team Composition: to pick people that have knowledge of the subject matter so each individual in the group can bring something to the table
Stages of Team Development:
-Storming: competing for team roles/influence goals and means/establish norms
-Norming: discovering expectations/setting up the value of team members/establish roles/agree on objectives/develop cohesion
-performing: task oriented/committed/efficient coordination/high cooperation and trust
-adjourning:ending the meeting
Team identity:
-identifying yourselves and what you are aimed at accomplishing
Team competence:
- are the people in your group the right people do they understand the group and what they are about.
Team Cohesion:
-the degree of attraction people feel toward the team and their motivation to remain members
Self-directed Teams (SDTs):
-cross functional work groups that are organized around work processes, complete an entire piece of work requiring several interdependent tasks, and have substantial autonomy over the execution of those tasks
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