1. As a manager of a virtual team‚ what team characteristics would you be especially concerned about so that the team’s work would be exceptional? As a manager of a virtual team I believe that it is extremely important to understand what key characteristics are needed in order for the team to flourish and excel. The ability to openly communicate‚ Understand cultural differences as well as overall knowledge of technology are some of the fundamentals I would be most concerned about. Communication
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Semester: Fall 2011 TOPIC: TEAM LEADERSHIP‚ TEAM BUILDING AND TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS AS TOOLS OF ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE Group Member Adera P. Musyula Dominica G. Nkonge Lecturer: Prof Ciru Getecha Table of Contents 1.0 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 3 1.1 Importance of Organization Development ................................................................. 4 2.0 TEAM LEADERSHIP ...................
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Team Reflection In working as a team‚ issues and opportunities regularly arise. Our team started off very rocky‚ and a misunderstanding during team communication almost derailed the work the team needed to complete. Trust was diminished almost immediately. A team’s effectiveness relies heavily on a balance between clearly established goals and clear communication. Accomplishments In preparing our first three assignments‚ our team was able to quickly determine a suggested guideline for who
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DEVELOPING YOURSELF AS AN EFFECTIVE TEAM MEMBER (M2.34) Understanding teams and teamwork The difference between a team and a group is that a team is internally organized‚ with specific roles for different members of the team. They all have the same aim and goal. A group is just a collection of people with something in common but each individual has a different goal. The Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of group development was first proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965‚ who maintained
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Team Goals Team goals are the specific and measurable performance outcomes to be accomplished. A team is a group of individuals working to achieve a common goal. Thus‚ team goals dictate the performance‚ effectiveness and success of the team. Goals should therefore be clear and all members should have a common shared vision of the goals. When team members understand the goals‚ team roles are also clarified so each member can focus on their task. Consequently members are provided with a sense of
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Create and Effective Technology Support Team May 10‚ 2010 University of Phoenix People in every workplace speak of building the team‚ working as a team‚ and my team‚ but few understand how to create the experience of teamwork or how to develop an effective team (Heathfield‚ n.d.). Technology has become a critical need for any business to profit in a positive way. This research paper will explain a few key elements that are a requirement to have an effective technology support team. An explanation
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Tuckman Team Development Model – 5 stages Bruce Tuckman’s was a respected educational psychologist who recognized there were stages that small groups go through‚ and he suggested that all of them be fully experienced to achieved success. Initially he defined the 4 stages in 1965. Later in 1977 a 5th stage was added. 1. Forming: The newness of the project can cause excitement‚ and/or anxiety. This can vary and is dependent on the team’s inclusion in the member selection process. If it’s
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Outcome 1 Plan collaborative work with others Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 Describe what makes groups or teams effective in the workplace 1.2 Agree realistic objectives for working together and identify what needs to be done to achieve them Objectives set to Cover Supervisor team by our line manager include: o Provide suitable cover to lessons when a teacher is absent. o Hand completed work back to staff appropriately with explanation of any issues taking place. o
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This high performance team model took a lot of critical thinking and group think to design. Critical thinking is defined as‚ skillful‚ accountable thinking where the group studied the problem from every aspect and then used our better judgments to come up with the most effective solution. Group think is where the group found out what the problem was by agreement and came up with the best way to deal with it. This team worked great together as a whole. The team has grown to have cohesion. Cohesion
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TEAM FUN! 1. Which of the functional HR processing can be identified in Tony’s area? Tony has been doing “training and development programs” by sending Joe and Eric to a supervisor’s school for work scheduling‚ job team assignments‚ and project management. We also find the “motivation function” in Tony’s area where he function as a compensation and benefit manager‚ as we know compensations and benefits motivate employees to do better in their jobs. He also arranged picnics for the employees
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