Case Analysis for "The Team That Wasn ’t" Fire Art is a family owned business in the glass making industry based out of Indiana. The company has an 80 year history of producing high quality and high priced glass merchandise. About 18 month ago‚ sales and earnings bottomed out which drove the need to implement a strategic realignment plan to have the business running and winning within six months. The problem in this case is building a collaborative team with various backgrounds and skills
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What does it mean to be a successful team? Over the past year‚ I watched my mother fight one of the hardest battles in the world. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer last year‚ and even the best team of doctors could not cure her. The day she died‚ she went to my basketball game in the morning‚ and she died later that afternoon. The lesson I learned is that even if you give it your all‚ sometimes you don’t always achieve your goal and win. My mother always wanted me to go to an NBA game
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04/10/2013 Team Sports Which would you rather hear‚ one person clapping for you or a group of people clapping for you? You would like a group of people of course. That is like a sports team. If you are a part of a sports team you will appear great‚ but if you play alone you will appear weak. Being on a team helps you learn many positive qualities‚ including developing cooperation‚ learning important personal values‚ and knowing how to communicate. Being an individual on a team is like being
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A virtual team is aware as a geographically dispersed team (Dave‚ 2013). It is a group of members who work across boundaries of time‚ space and organizational with links strengthened by a number of different communication technology to coordinate their individual efforts and inputs (Peters and Manz‚ 2007). Members of a virtual team communicate through electronic tools such as Skype and E-mail‚ and some of them may never meet face-to-face (Vlaar‚ 2008). Nowadays‚ every organization considers that
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Building the team M3:11 2.1 Explain what behaviours you have developed in order to maintain trust in your detachment. In order to main trust at the detachment I aim is to set aim example in the way I present myself and behave. . A good leader should possess characteristics that encourage the formation of a close knit‚ solid team. Many of these are my own natural and personal characteristics‚ but to some have to be learnt. I have been told that I have an approachable demeanour and I
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Team Building: The Dynamics of a Successful Team Lynnecia Johnson GEN/300 Precious Dennis April 17‚ 2006 University of Phoenix The Dynamics of a Successful Team Understanding the dynamics of a successful team will assist team members in comprehending their individual roles. A few aspects of team building include: leadership; communication; roles and responsibilities; behaviors and ethics; and collaboration. Throughout this paper‚ we will discuss each individual aspect of team building. Leadership
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and within six months Eric Holt had to make a team out of best employees in the company and change the business situation around for FireArt. Eric quickly formed a team of highly diverse members but good at their own field: Randy Lowerback (director of sales and marketing)‚ Ray LaPierre of manufacturing‚ Maureen Turner of the design division and Carl Simmons of distribution. They all were the most capable person of what they did but working as a team‚ there were too many problems arose. Firstly
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PSYC305 “Team Leader Report Format” Week: 7 Team Leader’s Name We want your individual observations based on two parameters. 1. Your Team’s feedback 2. Your personal evaluation of the team member’s effort Please answer the next questions in simple words‚ and giving examples whenever possible. Please comment on the feedback you received and about what you have learned as a Team Leader in this assignment. How far does the team’s appraisal coincide with your own self-appraisal
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Development Team: One of the most important things to keep in mind when assembling work teams is team efficacy. Team efficacy is basically where effective teams have confidence in them and each other in the ability to succeed. Everyone that will be a part of this developmental team will have to come together and agree on what is best for the subject at hand. You will have to come in agreement with one another to work effectively as a team. Working as a team will create positive synergy that
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Why Are Values the Foundation of Successful Goal Setting?‚ 2011). Some of my values are to have a good job‚ be financially stable and to provide a good home for my family. Once I figured out what was important to me‚ I had to figure out how to go after my goals. I created a SMART system to make my goals Specific‚ Measureable‚ Attainable‚ Relevant‚ and within a specified time frame (Carter‚ Bishop‚ & Kravits‚ Chapter 4‚ Set up a Goal-Achievement Plan‚ 2011). My long-term professional goal is to graduate
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