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Workplace Team Composition. Tonya Monk September 12, 2013 Administrative Office Procedures I. Project Teams and Task Forces. Project Teams are a group of individuals assembled to perform activities that contribute toward achieving a common task related goal .
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Workplace Team Composition Tonya Monk September 12, 2013 Administrative Office Procedures I
Project Teams and Task Forces • Project Teams are a group of individuals assembled to perform activities that contribute toward achieving a common task related goal. • This team is desired for companies that have a constant need for developing new products, services, or methods to stay productive. • These teams are short lived.
Project Teams and Task Forces • Project Teams could be used to put together new ways for training new hires in a certain department. • They could also be used to help develop a new product like a new software for accounting.
Project Teams and Task Forces • Task Forces are temporary groupings of individuals and resources for the accomplishment of a specific objective. • They conduct research and offer recommendations to a committee or organizational leader. • They solve a problem that requires a multi-disciplinary approach.
Project Teams and Task Forces • A Task Force could be set up to catch an employee that is embezzling from the company. • They could also be setup to help reduce employee absenteeism in the company. • They are also used to help with government and federal agencies as well.
Committee • A committee is a group of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter. • The senior vice presidents of an organization might meet regularly to discuss developments in their areas, review projects that cut across organizational boundaries, talk about future options, etc.
Committee • To keep the finances straight for an organization they would use a finance committee to control all the financial planning and review the financial statements. They keep track of all funds for the organization. • A school may have a committee that is in charge of Prom preparations, and getting the finances to cover the Prom.
Cross-Functional Teams • Cross-functional Teams is a group that is made up of people from different functional areas within a company, such as: marketing, engineering, sales, and human resources. • They are most often set up as working groups that are designed to make decisions at a lower level than is customary in a given company. • They can be either a company's primary form of organizational structure, or they can exist in addition to the company's main hierarchical structure.
Cross-Functional Teams • A Cross-Functional Team would be used to come up with ideas and ways to improve on customer relationships. • This team also helps to cross-train between other departments on some things like new e-mail systems in the company. • These teams also help to save the company time and money on coming up with new products and ideas for new services.
Supervisor/Coworker Teams • Supervisor /Coworker Teams are comprised of your supervisor and coworkers. • You and your supervisor work toward specific • goals and must collaborate and cooperate. • This is not a time to get “Buddy Buddy” with your • supervisor. • Learn what your boss expects and do it well. • Be prepared; do not waste your supervisors time
Supervisor/Coworker teams • Working on a team with a coworker is very common and can be formal and informal as well. • You could be on a team with a coworker to come up with a plan to set up a “Fun Day” at work for the office. • Your team with your supervisor could be to learn more about conflict resolution in the work place.
External teams • External Teams are formed when a individual within an organization works with individuals outside the organization to achieve specified goals. • Good Communication is very important when working with an external team, remember you are representing your organization.
External teams • Outsourcing is one example of an external team. • Many organizations outsource their payroll to be done. Using another company or organization to do the payroll. • This can be a cheaper route than hiring an accountant to do it.
Virtual Teams • Virtual Teams can be used internationally or as close as the next state, county, or city. • They are valuable to organizations, they save time and money. • Virtual Teams are the group of individuals spread across different time zones, cultures, languages or, ethnicities which are united by a common goal.
Virtual teams • A virtual team could be set up for meetings on a weekly basis for offices that are spread out across the state. This makes it easier and cost effective to have everyone present for the meetings. • They could also be set up to show demonstrations for a new software that is being used by a large company in several states. • Many of todays companies utilize this team to help in their IT departments as well, they are able to fix computer by way of remote connections.