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Groups, Teams & Teamwork. What is a group? What is a team? What is teamwork? Why is this important?. Groups, Teams & Teamwork. What is teamwork? Work done by several individuals, each doing a part, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole
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Groups, Teams & Teamwork What is a group? What is a team? What is teamwork? Why is this important?
Groups, Teams & Teamwork What is teamwork? • Work done by several individuals, each doing a part, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole • Cooperative effort to achieve a common goal • Teamwork is an outcome of cooperative effort
Groups, Teams & Teamwork What is the difference between a team and a group? • Groups are under the direction of a manager • Teams are self-managed
Groups, Teams & Teamwork Why Groups and Teams are used • Naturally occurring social phenomenon • Foster innovation & creativity • Improve decision-making • Offset effects of organizational size • Meet social needs of individuals • Maximize resources & create synergy
Groups, Teams & Teamwork How to Maximize Group/Team Effectiveness • Size matters (5 -7) • Adequate resources • Assign roles • Recognize & manage diversity • Assign goals • Group results & Individual results • Leadership structure
Groups, Teams & Teamwork How To Improve Cohesiveness • Small group size • Achieve consensus on goals • Maximize time spent together • Raise perceived status of the group • Stimulate competition with other groups • Reward group results, not individual results • Physically isolate the group
Groups, Teams & Teamwork Group Development Model: Tuckman’s Stage Model • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing • Adjourning
Groups, Teams & Teamwork Group Development Model: Punctuated equilibrium • First meeting agenda setting • Period of equilibrium • Period of Inertia & low productivity • Midpoint • Revise game plan • Period of equilibrium • High performance • Final burst of activity • Finish