I will be writing of my personal reflective account of my recent experiences working in a group I will be talking about my recent experiences for examples the problems in a team and things like how we managed conflicts and other areas like how we communicated and much more things in order for us to complete our task which was a presentation. Also I will be comparing theories some popular literature with my experiences if I could relate to it or if I had different experiences.
role of team size
Belbin 118 managment teams ideal team size the bigger the group the greater the pressure towards conformity. teams of 10 worked for the Romans but not for the business teams have an optimum size environmental factory influence inter-personal behaviour.
"the shape of the table also had a bearing in which the team operated a chairman sitting at the head of a long rectangular table was inclined to run his or her company in a strictly formal fasion, whereas those seated around a square or nearly square table acted like members of a peer group" page 17 above in the book belbin talks about his experiances and theories of team size and the environment where he talks about the enviorment of where the setting was when they where working in a group how example the furniture had an effect in the team work style i feel i can relate to this very much as when we met up for a meeting to review our work we did sit in a fairly small square table which did impact on our working style as we where all peers all the same age and at the same stage in our studies and no one was specifacally giving orders and we where working on a equally collective effort.
contributor/developer page 195 project management and leadership rory burke and steve barron a team member adopting this role is one who moves the task forward organises and completes the work. Once the task is identified and agreed, these members are important to complete the work. here in