Introduction to teamwork

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2. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES for lesson 3
During this lesson you will learn about four new types
of teams that have emerged in the 21st century (virtual,
diverse, startup and self-managed teams) and why are
they important. You will also reflect on essential
knowledge that influences your ability to function well in
such teams.

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for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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VIRTUAL TEAMS
Groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time
dispersed workers brought together by information and
telecommunication technologies to accomplish one or
more organizational tasks.(DeSanctis & Poole, 1997; Jarvenpaa & Leidner,1999)
Information technologies and knowledge-based work
make virtual teams possible and globalization make them
necessary.

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for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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MAKING VIRTUAL TEAM WORK
1. Get the team together physically early-on
2. Clarify tasks and processes, not just goals and roles
3. Commit to a communication charter
4. Leverage the best communication technologies
5. Build a team with rhythm
6. Agree on a shared language
7. Create a “virtual water cooler”
8. Clarify and track commitments
9. Foster shared leadership
10. Don’t forget the 1:1s
Read more here:http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/06/making-virtual-teams-work-ten/

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STARTUP TEAMS
A startup company is an entrepreneurial venture which is
typically a newly emerged, fast-growing business that aims
to meet a marketplace need by developing or offering an
innovative product, process or service. A startup is usually a
company such as a small business, a partnership or an
organization designed to rapidly develop scalable business
model. They are typically but not necessarily technology
oriented and have high growth potential.

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for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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STARTUP DEVELOPMENT PHASES

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DIVERSE TEAMS
There has never been more diversity in teams as today due to:
- MULTICULTURAL: Increase of ethnically and culturally diverse
teams
- GENDER: Increase of women in the workplace.
- GENERATIONS: Increase of the variety of generations in the
workplace due to increase of age of retirement and faster paste of
introduction of new generations.
- PERSONALITY: The type of work needed today requires more
often diverse people to be in a team.
- MULTIDISCIPLINARY: To cope with the paste of change and meet
needs of society, team are expected to work well across traditional
boundaries of research and industry, different disciplines, etc.

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VALUE OF DIVERSITY
AWARENESS: “Everything that irritates us about others can
lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ― CARL JUNG
TRANSFORMATION- GROWTH: “The meeting of two
personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if
there is any reaction, both are transformed.” ― CARL JUNG
PROGRESS: “If we can stay with the tension of opposites
long enough —sustain it, be true to it—we can become
vessels within which the divine opposites come together and
give birth to a new reality.” ― MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ

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for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
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DIVERSITY COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT
STEPS
RECOGNIZE &
ACCEPT
DIFFERENCES
• Acknowledge,
appreciate,
understand
ADAPT TO
DIFFERENCES
• Move outside
own comfort
zone
• Adaptation does
not mean
adoption and
assimilation
INTEGRATE
DIFFERENCES
• Able to analyze
from different
perspectives
and remain
grounded in
reality
• Effectively
communicate &
operate
LEVERAGE ON
DIFFERENCES
• Make the most
of differences
• Strive for
synergy
• Create unity
AWARENESS START OF CHANGE COMPETENCE INTELLIGENCE

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HOW DO WE DIFFER AS A TYPE OF PERSONALITY?
1. WHERE DO WE DRAW
OUR ENERGY FROM?
EXTRAVERSION
THE OUTSIDE WORLD
INTROVERSION
THE INSIDE WORLD
2. PREFERENCE FOR
TAKING INFORMATION
FROM
SENSING
THE FIVE SENSES (ACTUAL)
INTUITION
THE SIXTH SENSE, CONCEPTS
3. PREFERENCE FOR
STRUCTURING
INFORMATION TO DECIDE
THINKING
IN A LOGICAL,
OBJECTIVE WAY
FEELING
IN A PERSONAL,
VALUES-BASED WAY
4. PREFERENCE FOR LIVING
JUDGING
A PLANNED & ORGANIZED LIFE
PERCEIVING
A SPONTANEOUS & FLEXIBLE LIFE
16 PERSONALITY TYPES ACCORDING TO MYERS–BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
Click here to check your own profile: https://www.16personalities.com/personality-types

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SELF-MANAGED TEAMS
Self-managed teams, known also as “teal organizations
operate effectively, even at a large scale, with a system
based on peer relationships. They set up structures and
practices in which people have high autonomy in their
domain, and are accountable for coordinating with
others. Power and control are deeply embedded
throughout the organizations, no longer tied to the
specific positions of a few top leaders.” Frederic Laloux
Read more about the different type of organizations here: http://www.strategy-
business.com/article/00344?gko=10921

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OPEN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND WRITE YOUR
ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
• What would do differently based on this new knowledge?
• What would happen if you change nothing?
• What are your key takeaways from this part of the course?