Role of teams in organization, Team VS group, necessity of teams in organization, advantages & disadvantages of team (Course Name: Organizational Behavior)
6. Analyze the growing popularity of
teams
Contrast among groups and
teams.
Compare and contrast four types
of teams.
Identify the characteristics of
effective teams.
Show how organizations create
team players.
Decide when to use individuals
instead teams.
Show differs of teams in our and
global context.
10-6
We will learn
12. Work group Vs.Work team
Work Group Work Team
Goals
Synergy
Accountability
Skills
Share Information
Neutral
(Sometimes Negative)
Individual
Random & Varied
Collective Performance
Positive
Individual & Mutual
Complementary
14. A program that brings key line manager
to solve real time project problem
Problem Solving Team
15. Excellent decision makers
Generate ideas through brainstorming or
similar techniques
Excellent planners of the implementation
stage
Need too much time, efforts & energies
Loose momentum
Advantages & Disadvantages
16. A team in which 10 to 15 people take
on the responsibilities of their former
supervisors
Self-Managed Work Teams
18. A group of people with
different functional
expertise and work areas
working toward a common
goal
Cross – Functional Teams
19. Greater scope of information
Share leadership responsibilities
Implement individual & mutual accountability
Greater range of users
Characteristics
20. Virtual Teams
A group of individuals who work across time,
space and organizational boundaries with links
strengthened by webs of communication
technology
34. Effective Leadership and Structure
Creating Effective Teams: Context
Agreeing to
the specifics
of work
Even “self-
managed”
teams need
leaders
Especially
important in
multi-team
systems
53. A Managed Level of Conflict
Minimized Social Loafing
Task conflicts are helpful
Interpersonal conflicts are not
Team holds itself accountable
Both Individually and as a team
Creating Effective Teams:
Process
56. Decide When to Use Team
• Three tests to see if a Team is better for the work:
The work can be done better by
more than one person
The work create a common purpose
or set of goals for the group
The members of the group are
interdependent
The Literal elaboration of the word TEAM is Together Everyone Achieves More
Now lets watch a video
Let’s come to the question why teams have become so popular
There is a huge confusion amongst people about team and group. Because both group and team are consist of two or more than two people.
Can You tell me that the groups we are already working in for Organizational behavior and other courses, is that actually group or team?
SABIHA: I think it is group.
Me: You Think so? Okay please sit down.
To know the differences between the group and team we need to know the basic definition of these two
work group is a group that interacts primarily to share information and make decisions to help each member perform within his or her area of responsibility. No joint efforts are given in work groups. Work groups have no need or opportunity to engage in collective work that requires joint effort. So their performance is merely the summation of each group member’s individual contribution.
A work team , on the other hand, generates positive synergy through coordinated effort. The individual efforts result in a level of performance greater than the sum of those individual inputs.
The extensive use of teams creates the potential for an organization to generate greater outputs with no increase in inputs.
So now my friend I think you know we are working in a team not a group.
Goals: Goal of work group is to share information, on the other hand goal of work team focuses on collective performance.
Accountability: Accountability of works in groups is individual, but in a team accountability of works is both individual & mutual
Typically, these responsibilities are planning and scheduling work, assigning tasks to members, making operating decisions etc
Every members of a team has some key roles to play
Coordinating and integrating the work of others .The linker role consists of three types of skills -
And ensures that the team will spend time discussing ideas around the problems being faced.
Assessor offers insightful analysis of options and assesses the applicability of new approaches
and assign accountabilities and responsibilities.
. They take pride in maintaining both the physical side of the work and the social side.
When faced with a difficult problem, the starting point for team discussion is advising.
Work design is a important part In A Team-Effectiveness Model. A good Work design requires variety of skills, freedom and autonomy of worker , identity and significance of task.
Task identity is ability to complete a whole task
1) Conflict when teams are performing non routine activities,, critical assessment of problems and options then Task conflicts are helpful but Interpersonal conflicts are almost always dysfunctional. (2) Loafing: Tendency of certain members of group to get by with less effort than what they would put if they work alone
Now look, here a caution: Teams are not always the answer
There are three test to see if team is the best option for a particular work
Now Let’s watch a video clip, some of us have already seen it before, but now lets see it again from the “team” perspective