Organization Studies http://oss.sagepub.com The Tyranny of a Team Ideology Amanda Sinclair Organization Studies 1992; 13; 611 DOI: 10.1177/017084069201300405 The online version of this article can be found at: http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/4/611 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: European Group for Organizational Studies Additional services and information for Organization Studies can be found at: Email Alerts: http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts
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Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce‚ played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each‚ using heavy polished granite stones which players slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the centre of the target than the closest of the other team’s stones. The game is thought to have been invented in late medieval Scotland‚ with the first written reference to a contest
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Team Communication Successful teams are the ones that open the lines of communication. Schools and companies encourage team work to resolve issues and complete tasks in a timely fashion. In different situations in life; where individuals must come together as a team. Whether in a classroom or work environment; Team members must learn to converse with others and help each other‚ to successfully accomplish team goals. A major obstacle for team members is the lack of basic communication. Without
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1994). The virtual team represents an important example of these new organizational forms (Jarvenpaa and Ives‚ 1994). Virtual teams are groups of geographically‚ temporally‚ and/or organizationally dispersed knowledge workers brought together across time and space by way of information and communication technologies (DeSanctis and Poole‚ 1997; Jarvenpaa and Leidner‚ 1999; Lipnack and Stamps‚ 1997; Townsend et al.‚ 1998). We limit our investigation to a class of virtual teams that has recently garnered
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The Discipline of Teams What differentiates effective teams which enhances performance of a set objective? An effective team is a small group of individuals with complementary skills‚ having a clear objective and with a common purpose. Each individual in the team is accountable for the overall performance of the team and works for its best interest. There is a basic discipline that makes teams work. A team is more than the sum of its parts; its performance includes both individual results and a
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The A-Team was established under a threat from Chinese companies as well as because of the declining demand for premium-priced bicycles in world markets. Under pressure‚ the cohesion of a group tends to be stronger. Thus Giant and Merida Industry Co. Ltd (Merida) decided to put aside their business competition and brought their suppliers together to develop a solution and to regain the reputation of Taiwan bicycle industry. Moreover‚ although these firms were competitors‚ the founder of Giant and
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Team Negotiation “UpFront” Paper The UpFront Negotiation was a challenging and rewarding experience for our group. Our original approach to the exercise was to select an acceptable range for each of the four issues and then not stray from those selections the best we could. Clarissa took the lead as she began talking about ranges of outcomes. Once mentioned‚ the rest of the team generally agreed as everyone was thinking relatively similarly. We originally decided that on issue one‚ founders
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Groups and Teams All for One and One for All Alexander Dumas in his book The Three Musketeers wrote (1844) “All for One and One for All”. This philosophy is what high performance teams are all about. Is it better to belong to a group or a team? Groups or teams can evolve into high performing‚ extremely effective‚ useful tools in any organization if developed and managed correctly. Working as a Team What is the importance of working together in groups and teams? A team or group
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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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Why Teams Don’t Work An Interview with J. Richard Hackman by Diane Coutu * Comments (3) * * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Related Executive Summary Also Available * Buy PDF Over the past couple of decades‚ a cult has grown up around teams. Even in a society as fiercely independent as America‚ teams are considered almost sacrosanct. The belief that working in teams makes us more creative and productive is so widespread that when faced
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