Managing Team Performance

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Course – BM6934

Managing Team Performance
Research and Analysis/Academic Literature

Table of Content
Part A

1.0 INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
1.1 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE REPORT-------------------------------------------4
1.2 LITERATURE REVIEW-----------------------------------------------------------------------6
2.0 FINDING/ SECTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------9

SECTION B
2.1CRITICAL ANALYSIS-------------------------------------------------------------------------10
3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------12
4.0 CONCLUSIONS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY --------------------------------------------------------------14

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The management of Team Performance is a very vital aspect of Human Resources Department in an organization. Managers/supervisors direct the affairs, maintain records and assess job performance carried out by workers. Employees task are either carried out as individuals or as groups in performing a specific work in organization. Blending ‘we/me’ in performance management could be regarded as, the role of an individual or a group of workers or Team of workers getting the job done. Jobs carried out by a group would be referred to as ‘we’ and if carried out by an individual would be referred as ‘me’, Team or group could also be ‘we’. When all these are integrated together, it is seen as the culture, the motives, the goals and the objectives of the organization for a lucrative outcome. Managing Team performance is the incorporation of all the works above to evaluate the individual worker, Team responsibilities and the performance model for the specified job title.

Employees in organizations must be aware of what is happening, when it would

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