M1: Compare the roles of different members of a team.
A way of doing this task efficiently would be to keep a log setting out of the roles that you and the other members of the team have within the team in which you are working as a part of.
When teams are performing at their best, you are likely to find that each team member has cleared responsibility. You’ll also see that every team member needed to achieve their own personal goals in order for the team’s goal to be fully met to an adequate level. Dr Mereditch Belbin studied team work for many years and he mainly observed that people in teams tend to assume different roles within the team. He defined a team role as a “tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way” and after named eight team roles identified by Belbin which are: The Plant, Resource Investigator, and the Co-ordinator, The Sharper, The Monitor Evaluator, and The Team worker, The Implementer, The Finisher and The Specialist. Belbin argued underlie team success. Belbin identified eight major roles and argued that teams work particularly effectively when they consist of members who can play all these eight roles. An individual in the team may also play more than one team role. It is very important to have all the eight roles covered. The eight different roles include the following:
The Chair and the Shaper: The role of the chair is different from the role of the shaper. They both have different priorities but work to achieve the same goal. The role of the chair is to coordinate the team’s effort and to ensure that all the resources needed in achieving the team’s goal is used effectively while the role of the sharper is to seek pattern in the team, push team towards and decisions made the sharper also challenges others in the team. The sharper is a dynamic team member who loves a challenge and thrives under pressure. This member possesses the drive and courage required to