UNIT 5 COMPLETE Q4
Cross-functional teams provide an organization with some significant advantages. Creativity is greatly increased with the composition of this type of team. There is also more effective problem-solving with the diversity, experience and expertise of a cross-functional team (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). Group cohesiveness can be thought of as the glue that holds the group together. There are two types of cohesiveness that bind groups of individuals together; Socio-emotional and instrumental. Socio-emotional cohesiveness is a sense of togetherness that develops when individuals derive emotional satisfaction from group participation. This type of cohesiveness is effective and rewarding in many circumstances.
Google’s HR cross-functional team would benefit more from instrumental cohesiveness. This sense of togetherness is derived from mutual dependence when the group members believe that the group’s goals would not be possible by acting separately. The purpose of Google’s three workgroups is to diversify the collective experiences and expertise each member brings to the group to have a stronger HR department. Each workgroup should understand that without one of the other groups, their operations would be limited. In other words, it’s important that the team sees each workgroup as being instrumental to the whole. In the cross functional group at Google instrumental cohesiveness needs to be focused on at first, before the team can move to socio-emotional cohesiveness. The importance of instrumental cohesiveness works best for these large cross functional teams because they each have a specific skill set that when combined will make an effective and successful team. Hence the team will be cohesive because they know they are dependent on each other to accomplish the group’s goals.
Strong teams are united by a cohesive thread. This element pulls each separate entity together to function as a single force.
References
Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013).
Google’s HR cross-functional team would benefit more from instrumental cohesiveness. This sense of togetherness is derived from mutual dependence when the group members believe that the group’s goals would not be possible by acting separately. The purpose of Google’s three workgroups is to diversify the collective experiences and expertise each member brings to the group to have a stronger HR department. Each workgroup should understand that without one of the other groups, their operations would be limited. In other words, it’s important that the team sees each workgroup as being instrumental to the whole. In the cross functional group at Google instrumental cohesiveness needs to be focused on at first, before the team can move to socio-emotional cohesiveness. The importance of instrumental cohesiveness works best for these large cross functional teams because they each have a specific skill set that when combined will make an effective and successful team. Hence the team will be cohesive because they know they are dependent on each other to accomplish the group’s goals.
Strong teams are united by a cohesive thread. This element pulls each separate entity together to function as a single force.
References
Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013).
References: Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013). Organizational Behavior, 10th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.