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Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking. Teamwork. Definitions. A number of persons associated in a joint action Oxford English Dictionary Team members share goals that can be reached ONLY through the efforts of all the members T ogether E veryone A chieves M ore. Synergy.

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Creative Thinking

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  1. Creative Thinking Teamwork (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  2. Definitions • A number of persons associated in a joint action Oxford English Dictionary • Team members share goals that can be reached ONLY through the efforts of all the members • Together • Everyone • Achieves • More (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  3. Synergy • The whole is greater than the sum of its parts • Combined individual energies produce a collective energy that goes beyond the total sum of individual contributions in a task (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  4. Social Loafing • Social Loafing effect: group members put in less effort as number of team members increases • Members feel that their input is not significant to the group’s overall performance • Less individual motivation (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  5. Stages in Team Development (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  6. Forming and Storming • Members need guidance about their expected role in the team • May be competition for roles or rebellion against assigned tasks • Attempts to establish role in relation to other tam members and leaders (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  7. Norming • Roles and responsibilities are clear and accepted • Open communication within team is established • There is commitment and unity • Start to face up to the tasks in hand • There is general respect for the leader (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  8. Performing • A shared vision among team members • Any disagreement is resolved positively • Goal centered • Supportive, trusting, resourceful and effective • Team is able to work towards achieving the goal and maintain its unity (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  9. Adjourning • Adjourningis the break-up of the group, bur not all teams go through this stage Can happen for several reasons • End of task • Personnel change • Incompatibility of members (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  10. Disastrous teamwork • Lack of agreement on objectives • No agreement on constraints • No agreement on decision-making process • Ineffective communication channels • Poor listening, interruptions, ambiguity • Lacking in continuity (C) Krystle Attard 2012

  11. Necessary Skills for Good Teams • Planning • Problem Solving and Creativity • Time Management • Organization • Delegation: assigning tasks (C) Krystle Attard 2012

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