Team Building
The Human Factors of Team Building
Rodger Lawless
ORG/502 Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
ABSTRACT
A team exists for the sole purpose of completing an assigned task. An effective team is characterized by a kind of synergy that results from combining the range of experience and expertise that each individual brings to the team. Team members must first agree on the goal to be achieved and be willing to learn to work together. An effective team leader needs to know the level of commitment, motivation,, technical ability, performance consistency, personality issues as well as motivators, positive reinforcements and stress relievers for team members in order to manage the team well.
A team exists for the sole purpose of completing an assigned task. Within a Self Directed Work Team structure, members must be committed, mutually accountable, expected to share in leadership roles, and participate in a collaborative manner. An effective team is characterized by a kind of synergy that results from combining the range of experience and expertise that each individual brings to the team. The size of the team must be related to the size and nature of the project. (Bishop and Dow, 2000)
The nature of the project should determine how the team is built. Heterogeneous teams and are made up or people with various backgrounds, and although these teams are more difficult to form they are generally very effective in solving complex problems. Homogeneous teams work well when a high degree of coordination is required to complete the task (Mc-Shane and Von Glinow 2002, p.236). For E-business (Butler, 2000) suggests that when building an e-team, that highly motivated cross functional teams that pull together quickly, represent the future of team building for the majority of medium to large companies.
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