This document discusses three different teams: a basketball team, a sales team at Tesco, and a charity management team. For the basketball team, members had allocated roles and would discuss tactics before and during matches. Communication and teamwork helped encourage improvement. One issue was that tactics could not be discussed during loud games. The sales team at Tesco would work on big tasks together rather than individually. This allowed them to quickly accomplish required work and show collective skills. However, it may have been faster if people specialized in certain tasks. The charity management team organized an ongoing online tournament to raise funds. They coached participating teams with guidelines rather than extra knowledge. Members focused on different roles but still collaborated on ideas

1. Unit 19 M2
Miss Johnston LewisAppleton
Team Effectiveness
Sports team
At one time i was part of a basketball team, we workedeffectivelyinregardsof tryingto win,we
each hadour ownallocatedrolesinthe teamwhichare positions,i wasone of the more defensive
roles,we usedtodiscusstacticsbefore a match andduring each quarteras well ashave some form
of guidance fromourcaptain,afterthe match we usuallyevaluate how well the tacticswere andif
possible thinkof usingthemagaininthe future.Throughthe use of communicationandteamwork
we are able to encourage teammatestobetterthemselvesduringthe game.One issue we hadwith
our teamis thatwe usuallycannotdiscussourtacticsduringthe game because firstof all the areais
too large and tooloudfor anythingtobe heardand there’salsothe riskthat the opposingteamcan
hearthe tacticstoo and therefore counteracttooppose this.
Sales Team
At one pointi was part of a workexperience programme atTesco,we wouldusuallyworktogether
on bigtaskstogether,one at a time ratherthan individually, the small taskswe didindividually,
therefore we couldquicklydothingsthatare actuallyrequiredtofindoutthe nextthingsuchas
whatproduct before whatpackaging.Bydoingthiswe were equallyinvolvedinthe workandeach
memberof the teamwas able to showtheirskillsasawhole ratherthanhavingdifferentlevelsof
skillsandworkingontasksthat maynot workfor them, howeverthisalsoworksinthe opposite way
as it couldbe fasterif people workonthe thingstheyspecialise in.We were able tocome upwith
objectivesbutthere isn’tmuchtoencourage the teamfor.
Management Team
I have arrangedseveral online charityeventsraisingthousandsintotal overalongperiodof time,
particularlyfora marathonwe didfor childsplaycharity we had to organise anongoingtournament
made up of many small teams,we were able tocoach these teamsnotwithextraknowledge but
withguidelinessuchashowtheyshouldoperate andfairplay.We neverreallyhadateam leaderas
we all use our knowledge toguide theseteamshoweverwe were able toallocate ourownroles,i
myself workedonthe organisationforthe daywhereasmyteammembersfocusedonpublicityand
documentation.We were still able tocollaborate oncertainideaswhichmade itreallyuseful being
part of a team.