Organization Behavior Chapter 10 Case
Q1)
Before talking about the elements, in my opinion, Professor Richard Hackman view on this case included all the four types of teams, which are problem-solving teams, self-managed work teams, cross-functional teams and virtual teams. In general, Hackman believes that most of the time teamwork does not provide more effective performance than individual work does. The is true due to the fact that tasks will be divided in a certain way, however this is enough for the team to be able to deliver its top performance because there must be certain elements that is needed to improve the efficiency of teamwork. Under Hackman’s point of view, the main element of successful team work is the Leadership and Structure element under the Context section of the effectiveness model. Further, he believes that successful organizations must have a good groundwork established by the leader to perform the best performance the group could do. In my personal opinion, this element should be the first thing to do before starting the project the team are going to do because without a well done groundwork the job will not be accomplished at all, or it will not reach the goals the team has set previously. He also mentioned the idea of dividing the tasks between team members. Personally, I agree with him in this point because giving the right task to the right person will give the highest quality and efficiency to the performed job. Also, Hackman suggests that an effective team must composed of the right number of employees, which is an important element that is called Size of Team, this element falls under the Composition section of the effectiveness model. Issues arise when some leaders make smaller or larger work teams than acceptable for the type of job they are trying to perform, which may cause a drop in the efficiency level considerably. Smaller teams will make the members work more than they should, and larger teams will make it difficult to members to work together. Pursing the issue
Before talking about the elements, in my opinion, Professor Richard Hackman view on this case included all the four types of teams, which are problem-solving teams, self-managed work teams, cross-functional teams and virtual teams. In general, Hackman believes that most of the time teamwork does not provide more effective performance than individual work does. The is true due to the fact that tasks will be divided in a certain way, however this is enough for the team to be able to deliver its top performance because there must be certain elements that is needed to improve the efficiency of teamwork. Under Hackman’s point of view, the main element of successful team work is the Leadership and Structure element under the Context section of the effectiveness model. Further, he believes that successful organizations must have a good groundwork established by the leader to perform the best performance the group could do. In my personal opinion, this element should be the first thing to do before starting the project the team are going to do because without a well done groundwork the job will not be accomplished at all, or it will not reach the goals the team has set previously. He also mentioned the idea of dividing the tasks between team members. Personally, I agree with him in this point because giving the right task to the right person will give the highest quality and efficiency to the performed job. Also, Hackman suggests that an effective team must composed of the right number of employees, which is an important element that is called Size of Team, this element falls under the Composition section of the effectiveness model. Issues arise when some leaders make smaller or larger work teams than acceptable for the type of job they are trying to perform, which may cause a drop in the efficiency level considerably. Smaller teams will make the members work more than they should, and larger teams will make it difficult to members to work together. Pursing the issue