Team Dynamics
Introduction
This report is based on the module Organisations and Behaviour. The report will discuss:
o Team Dynamics
o Management Styles
o Motivational and Motivational Theories
2.0 Team Dynamics
2.1 Definition of a Team
"A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable."
2.2 Definition of Team Dynamics
¡§Team Dynamics are the unseen forces that operate in a team between different groups of people.¡¨
2.3 Theory of Team Dynamics
Team Dynamics is all about good teamwork and relationships. It¡¦s about each member of a team understanding their role and contribution within an organisation and feeling valued for the part they play in helping the team succeed.
There are five issues to be considered within team dynamics, which are; independence, goal specification, cohesiveness, roles and norms and communication. Within KLAS I have found the following team dynamics:
o Independence ³ the scenario shows that members of the team are capable of working independently. Ward in particular shows the capability of being able to work alone, this can be seen in paragraph five, line 9, where Ward takes several of the reports home to study and identifies a new approach to some of the agencies previous work.
o Goal Specification ³ it is very important for members of a team to have a common goal that they all want to achieve. I think the team at KLAS have a common goal which is to solve the problems that they have and to work efficiently together to do this. I think this as they all get together for team meetings to try and solve the problems as a group.
o Cohesiveness ³ cohesiveness is the state of cohering together or sticking together as a group or team. It is...
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