2. Team management is the ability of an individual or an organization to administer and
coordinate a group of individuals to perform a task. team management is the
capability to identify problems and resolve conflicts within a team.
3. You cannot succeed alone
Utilize the strength of employees
You need to help the team work extremely well together
You need the team to support you with enthusiasm, respect and trust .
You need a team of brightest employee it can possibly find to help you
4. Help each other
Deal with intragroup conflict
Communicate freely among themselves
Knows why the group exists and have shared goals
Support agreed upon decision-making guidelines or procedures
Diagnose and improve individual and group processes and functioning
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5. Establish regular meetings
Be patient and kind with your team
Fix the problem instead of blaming others
6. Good personal relationships
Defined roles and responsibilities
A commitment to common objectives
Effective decision making, communication and work procedures
7. Autocratic
Autocratic leaders make their own decisions without consulting employees or other
team members. They hold absolute authority over the team and team members are
expected to obey and comply with the decision that is made by the leader. Autocratic
leaders use one way communication.
8. Democratic leaders will consult with employees before proceeding to make a decision.
Democratic leaders will take on a two way communication approach where team
members can provide input and voice out their opinions aside from the team leader
issuing instructions. Team leaders who take on this leadership style will require excellent
communication skills to express to the team members what is expected of them and to
respond to and understand their concerns. The benefit of this leadership style is that team
members will feel more valued, leading to an overall increase in productivity in the team.
10. defines the problem
Individuals take on certain roles
develops trust and communication
agrees on goals and formulates strategies
determines the challenges and identifies information needed
11. The task is more difficult than they imagined
have poor collaboration
may be resistant to the task
have fluctuations in attitude about chances of success
12. During this stage members accept
their team
team rules and procedures
their roles in the team
the individuality of fellow members
13. Be descriptive
Don't use labels
Don’t exaggerate
Don’t be judgmental
Speak for yourself
14. Team members have:
Developed a close attachment to the team
Developed a close attachment to the team
A better understanding of each other’s strengths and weaknesses
Gained the ability to prevent or work through group conflict and resolve differences
15. Separate problem issues from people issues.
Be soft on people, hard on problem.
Look for underlying needs, goals of each party rather than specific solutions .
16. Refers to the gradual reduction of the size of a workforce by not replacing
personnel lost through retirement or resignation
A reduction in the number of employees through retirement, resignation or
death
Large proportion of employees leave with in two years of tenure employee Change boss
not Jobs
17. Start loyalty program
Invest in employees’ professional development
Establish clear-cut expectations and policies
Offer a benefits package that is truly beneficial
Create a culture of open communication
Make it a priority to help employees feel valued
Tie-up with professional institutions for employees
18. Attrition rate = number of employees leaving during the
period /
average number of employees for the period *
100
Assume the following number of employees in company payroll at the end of each month:
January: 90
February: 103
March: 92
April: 89
Assume the total number of employees having left the company during this period is 26.
Calculate the average number of employees during the four month period; 90 + 103 + 92 + 89 = 374 / 4 = 93.5, and is the average number
of employees per month.
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If 26 people leave in a four month period, the attrition rate for the period is 26 / 93.5 * 100 = 27.8 percent.
To calculate annualized attrition rate, estimate the number of employees leaving in the year. If 26 employees leave in four months, 26 /
4 * 12 = 78, and represents the number of employees that leave in a year. The average of a total of 93.5 employees in the payroll holds
without any additional data. The annualized attrition rate is 78 / 93.5 * 100 = 83.4 percent. Example
19. Average handle time (AHT) is a call center metric for the average duration of one
transaction, typically measured from the customer's initiation of the call and including
any hold time, talk time and related tasks that follow the transaction. AHT is a prime
factor when deciding call center staffing levels.
AHT=(Total Talk Time+ Total Hold Time +Total Wrap Time)/Number
Of Calls Handled
20. Long periods of time on hold
Slow computer systems this is a common problem)
Poor advisor training Flipping between lots of different computer systems
Spending time with a caller to resolve a problem (this is a good thing)
21. Service level agreement is a term which define and bind the relationship between
businesses and service provider but their primary focus is continuous penalty to the
failure .
22. Shrinkage is a measure of how much time lost in the call center to things to like
vacation, brake, leaves and other non productive activities
23. Call centers provide customer service, sales lead generation, opinion research and
other services for small and large organizations. ... A low abandon rate relative to
the historical or industry average normally means that the call center agents are
handling customer calls efficiently.
Productivity = Inbound +out bound+ Avail /schedule days*schedule
Hrs-Schedule Aux