4. Group vs. Team
Group: an assembly of individuals who are
together due to common interest, skill, or
characteristic.
Team: a special work group whose
members are joined together in a united
and coordinated effort towards a goal and
whose work is mutually dependant with
mutual accountability.
5. What is a team?
A team is a number of persons associated together in
work or activity: as a group on one side (as in football
or debate).”
In other words, when one person cannot accomplish a
job alone and several individuals must cooperate to
fulfill a mission, you need a team. The better the
cooperation, communication, and coordination among
team members, the more efficient the team
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8. Why Teams?
Teamwork distributes the work load
Teams develop a synergy
Teamwork develops diverse thinking which leads
to innovative problem solving. It also provides
team members an opportunity to work together
in a non-competitive environment and it builds
their self-confidence.
9. Start with objectives for developing a team
Teach team members how “teamwork” can be
effectively used.
Teach the basics of effective team strategies.
Develop and understanding of team development.
Make an assessment of the skills of each team member.
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11. Establish the members of
team and a team name
Set the teams goals and end results
Establish team rules
Develop team procedures including communication
protocols
Discuss team control and the decision making
process
12. Team conflict will occur guaranteed
and hostility may arise causing a lack
of team unity
Poor team performance due to
storming
Team performance slips and non-implemented decisions
due to conflict
Unproductive meetings with unclear objectives and
scheduling problems
This conflict will lead to members withdrawing into their
own work environment thus defeating the whole purpose
of the team
13. This is when members of the team begin
to mutually accept each other
The team starts to fall into place with a clear
purpose, group participation, open discussions,
team listening, sharing of ideas and non-
exclusive leadership
Other sensitive areas come together like
civilized disagreement and team decision
making
14. Stage 4 Team performing
• The team is more
strategically aware.
• The team is high level
of autonomy
15. Stage 5 Team Completion
This is when the project is complete and
the team is ready to disburse. This is an
exciting time but a sad one as well. There is a sense
of fulfillment and a loss of team unity.
Documentation needs to be complete before the
team can disburse. This includes:
Lessons learned
Reports written
Problems and Solutions
20. Reasons for team buliding
• Facilitate better communication
• Motivate employees
• Promote creativity
• Develops problem solving skills
• Breaks the barrier
21. Communication exercise
This type of team building exercise is exactly what it sounds
like. Communications exercises are problem solving activities
that are geared towards improving communication skills. The
issues teams encounter in these exercises are solved by
communicating effectively with each other.
• Goal: Create an activity which highlights the importance of
good communication in team performance and/or potential
problems with communication.
22. Problem-solving/decision-making exercise
Problem-solving/decision-making exercises focus specifically on groups working together
to solve difficult problems or make complex decisions. These exercises are some of the
most common as they appear to have the most direct link to what employers want their
teams to be able to do.
• Goal: Give team a problem in which the solution is not easily apparent or requires the
team to come up with a creative solution.
23. Planning/adaptability exercise
These exercises focus on aspects of planning and being
adaptable to change. These are important things for teams to
be able to do when they are assigned complex tasks or
decisions.
• Goal: Show the importance of planning before
implementing a solution
24. Trust exercise
A trust exercise involves engaging team members in a way that will induce
trust between them. They are sometimes difficult exercises to implement as
there are varying degrees of trust between individuals and varying degrees of
individual comfort trusting others in general.
• Goal: Create trust between team members
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27. If you only remember one thing
remember this: a team is only as strong
as its weakest member so team
members need to pull together to
accomplish the task at hand.
28. Problems That Face Implementation Teams
Team formations are decided by
work requirements and business
objectives. There are the onsite
work teams that work together on
a day-to-day basis and the cross-
functional teams who work on
specific projects. Then there is the
situational task force called ‘The
implementation team’ created to
handle a special task.
Implementation teams basically bring
in change. They are comprised of
individuals who have the skills and
knowledge to implement a new
method or process within an
organisation either across single or
muliple locations. In general,
implementation teams have to
integrate the specifications developed
by the functional experts into a
process or facility,
29. • Types of Tasks
Handled by
Implementation
Teams:
Implementing new processes
or implementing new systems
Integrating new technology
into work procedures
Transfering technical know-
how
Implementing organisational
change – Total Quality
Management principles,
cultural change, etc