#6 & 7: Teams and Teamwork

Question 1

What is a team?

Answer 1

a collection of people who regularly interact to
pursue common goals.

Question 2

What is teamwork?

Answer 2

is the process of people actively working
together to accomplish common goals.

Question 3

What is a formal group?

Answer 3

Officially recognized in the workplace. i.e.. “departments, divisions, units…”

Question 4

What is an informal group?

Answer 4

Unofficial and forms from relationships and shared interests among members in an organization.
i.e. Friendships, interest groups, etc.

Question 5

What is an effective team

Answer 5

• Comprised of 3 groups, inputs, throughputs and outputs
• Inputs is setting, nature of task, group numbers and membership characteristics
• Throughputs is the group process ie. communication, decision making, conflict etc.
• Output is the team effectiveness ie. task performance and member satisfaction