Understanding work teams
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The document discusses the definition and characteristics of work teams. It defines a team as a small number of people with complementary skills committed to a common purpose and goals for which they hold each other mutually accountable. Teams create positive synergy and encourage members to prioritize team goals over individual goals. Teams are different from work groups in that individual efforts on a team result in performance greater than the sum of individual contributions. Key components of effective teams include context, composition, work design, and process variables. Turning individuals into team players involves selecting people with good interpersonal skills and training and rewarding them.
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Understanding work teams
- 1. UNDERSTANDING WORK TEAMS PRESENTED BY Vaishnavi Ragunathan
- 2. TEAM A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, common performance goals, and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable”.
- 6. DYNAMICS OF A GROUP Suspicion Dominance Rush to accomplish Reluctance Floundering A Group is not a Team TEAM GOAL
- 7. DYNAMICS OF A TEAM Work for common goal Accountability Mutual Respect Commitment Interdependency Trust Communication TEAM GOAL
- 8. PHASES OF TEAM DEVELOPMENT FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
- 9. TYPES OF WORK TEAMS
- 13. Success lies only in Team Work …..
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- Problem-Solving Teams meet periodically to share ideas and suggest improvements to work processes and methods. Quality circles are problem solving teams that consist of eight to ten employees and supervisors who assume responsibility for solving quality problems. These teams recommend their solutions to management for final approval. Functional teams are composed of a manager and the employees in his or her unit. Functional teams are often formed to improve work-related activities or to solve specific problems within a particular functional unit. Self-managed work teams consist of ten to fifteen people who assume the responsibilities of their former supervisors: such as, controlling the pace of work, organizing breaks, determining work assignments, choosing inspection procedures, and choosing and evaluating members. These teams implement their own suggestions and take responsibility for the outcomes. On cross-functional teams , equally ranked employees from different functional areas work together to accomplish a task. Cross-functional teams expedite the following: exchanging ideas from diverse areas within or between organizations, developing new ideas and solving problems, and coordinating complex projects. Virtual teams are an extension of electronic meetings. Team members use communication technology to meet or solve problems without concern for time or space.