Negative Reactions That Can Occur in Team Collaboration
Negative reactions that can occur in team collaboration
Working, as a team member one must remember that all work that is done independently of the team is suspect to the group’s approval here lays a degree of uncertainty about others. Will other collaborating members complete assignments on time? Will the group be able to meet this? Will group’s members do the work assigned to do? Coordinating activities and behaviors among independent individuals at a distance is a very difficult task. (Weistband, 2002)
Communication is a necessity for sharing information and knowledge of groups and individual activities related to the completion of the task, informing members of the other team member’s progress is vital. Negative results of collaboration are also apparent when the team does not meet the needs or actions to achieve a successful outcome. Uncertainty is high when teams are geographically dispersed and due to time changes, delays in remote communication, and the inability to control the group’s behavior. With delayed or incorrect feedback the team could become stagnate in the progression of the task. When sending or receiving an informational response of a team member is factually incorrect, too long, or delayed one team member may resent another. Information that does not arrive to members in the agreed time frame members may feel as if a member has a hidden agenda and wishes to behave as an independent, this causes a reduction in trust to others and commitment to the groups goals. (Weistband, 2002)
Among distributed teams, members may need to observe or monitor what other members are working on; this may cause members to feel as if they are under scrutiny. In face-to-face groups the problem of gathering feedback is immediate and meeting are easily scheduled and no delays information retrieval. (Weistband, 2002)
Another negative factor in collaboration is the transfer from person to person because it requires that the
Working, as a team member one must remember that all work that is done independently of the team is suspect to the group’s approval here lays a degree of uncertainty about others. Will other collaborating members complete assignments on time? Will the group be able to meet this? Will group’s members do the work assigned to do? Coordinating activities and behaviors among independent individuals at a distance is a very difficult task. (Weistband, 2002)
Communication is a necessity for sharing information and knowledge of groups and individual activities related to the completion of the task, informing members of the other team member’s progress is vital. Negative results of collaboration are also apparent when the team does not meet the needs or actions to achieve a successful outcome. Uncertainty is high when teams are geographically dispersed and due to time changes, delays in remote communication, and the inability to control the group’s behavior. With delayed or incorrect feedback the team could become stagnate in the progression of the task. When sending or receiving an informational response of a team member is factually incorrect, too long, or delayed one team member may resent another. Information that does not arrive to members in the agreed time frame members may feel as if a member has a hidden agenda and wishes to behave as an independent, this causes a reduction in trust to others and commitment to the groups goals. (Weistband, 2002)
Among distributed teams, members may need to observe or monitor what other members are working on; this may cause members to feel as if they are under scrutiny. In face-to-face groups the problem of gathering feedback is immediate and meeting are easily scheduled and no delays information retrieval. (Weistband, 2002)
Another negative factor in collaboration is the transfer from person to person because it requires that the
References: Freedman, D. H. (2006). What 's Next: The Idiocy of Crowds. Weistband, S. (2002). Distributed Work. Pamela Hinds.