High-Performance Team Felix E. Rivera MGT/331 Carol Jones September 12th 2005 Abstract This paper will explain how a group within an organization becomes a high-performance team. It will also examine the impact of demographic characteristics and cultural diversity on group behavior. The paper will try to describe how demographic characteristics and cultural diversity contribute to‚ or detract from high-performance teams. Introduction
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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Course – BM6934 Managing Team Performance Research and Analysis/Academic Literature Table of Content Part A 1.0 INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 1.1 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE REPORT-------------------------------------------4 1.2 LITERATURE REVIEW-----------------------------------------------------------------------6 2.0 FINDING/ SECTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------9
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Team Diversity Paper: Diversity in Learning Team A There are many types of diversity in the world today‚ and no one person can understand all facets that the word diversity holds. By understanding the positive and the negative impact on a group‚ as an individual and in the groups people work and play with they can open their minds to the possibilities of what diverseness in an organization‚ team and individual can achieve. Former President Jimmy Carter put it best when he said (http://quotes.telemanage
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A team is made up of a group of people working together to achieve a common goal. Unfortunately‚ many teams are formed by techniques that are less desirable than hand picking the best of the best. Often team members get assigned to a team because he or she had bandwidth and could take on another project. Additionally‚ there could be a situation where a team member was assigned because of his or her knowledge of the application or the history of a process. Regardless of how the team ends up with
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“The Army Crew Team” 1. Why does the Varsity team lose to the JV team? I. JV A. Better as a team than independently. B. Embraced the CEP training‚ which focused on the systematic application of mental skills to improve human performance. C. Positive “slogan” for breaking. D. Individuals in JV do not want to move up to Varsity‚ but rather want to remain together. II. Varsity A. A better group of individuals than a team. B. Lack of a team leader‚ but has several team disrupters
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Preparing to lead a team When preparing to lead a team there is a lot to consider‚ ranging from your team members to policy and procedures. All teams are made of individuals‚ they are all unique in terms of their knowledge‚ skills and attitudes and the way they behave in different situations. As a leader‚ your role is to engage the collective energy of the group‚ but at the same time giving individuals in that team the focus and attention they need. Providing required resources and a safe environment
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The Importance 1 Running head: THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAM COMMUNICATION The Importance of Team Communication The Importance 2 Abstract This paper will discuss the importance of effective communication among teams whether in a professional or educational setting. The intended information will create a broader understanding of how team members establish communication: assigning a leader‚ what each member is expected to do in order to achieve the desired goal or goals and attain
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Managing Virtual Teams 1. Introduction Virtual teams have emerged to mitigate the challenges of managing teams that are distributed across different regions‚ and are a sustainable component of global business. A project manager managing a virtual team would have to integrate communication strategies‚ project management techniques including human and social processes in order to support the team‚ (Kimball‚ 1997). The author is a project manager assigned to lead a virtual team of 300 volunteers
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QUESTIONS: 1‚ The key problems of Johnson are cross-functional teams‚ skunk works‚ team members not harmonious‚ and the time was no longer a luxury. Cross-Functional Teams: Johnson would be the new leader to develop a new product. Skunk works: A major challenge facing companies is how to diffuse the spirit of innovation throughout the entire organizational culture. Team members not harmonious: Johnson discovered that the team members appeared to be some infighting among the three members of
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problems that may come to surface when dealing with virtual teams. Problems can range from not making it a conference call to not completing a required assignment. Being in a virtual team does not give any member lenience towards any assignment because it is expected from the teacher for the team to work together in order to get it done. I believe that the teacher will not give a team an assignment if there was no way to complete it. Teams are organizational units that share a common goal and whose
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