Chapter 13 Making teams Work Flashcards
Inputs
Inputs of groups are the individual members and the knowledge and information they possess
Outputs
I’ll put the results should occur from a groups activities a report or set of recommendations often expected
Synergy
Synergy is a principal best described as the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Process loss
An example of process loss would be one of Dominic member who does not allow others to speak or as harshly criticize initial ideas, causes numbers to refrain from speaking. The brilliant ideas are critical information health only by those people is not shared and performance fall short of potential
Functional team
Individuals who are permanently assigned to a team to do their work or members of a formal or functional team
Vertical team
If a team includes a supervisor in a be called a vertical team, as it includes several vertical layers in the chain of command
Task forces
Task forces or temporary teams are brought together and shared for a specific purpose
Cross functional groups
Cross functional groups or teams that are comprised of people from different areas of the organization, each with a unique perspective and different information about the problem
Committee
A committee is across functional group with a permanent role that meets regularly to share information and make decisions
Types of roles
The three types of roles in a group are; task oriented rolls, socio emotional rolls, self oriented rolls
Task oriented rolls
Task oriented roles Focus on content issues that the group is working on an address questions of what we are to do and why. these include the initiator, information seeker and shower, clarifier and elaborator, summarizer, focus monitor, consensus tester
Socio emotional rolls
These roles Address progress or how the group is working on his task and including encourager, harmonizer, compromiser, follower, tension reducer
Self oriented rolls
These Numbers engage in behavior and expense of the group and include the dominator, approval seeker, blocker, avoided, jokester
Stages of group development
Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjoining
Forming
Forming is the first stage of group development as when the group begins. Questions or as a purpose in the group is over all the time in the leader. The leader must encourage interaction and clarify purpose