Chatper 11 Flashcards
Team
Consists of two or more people who work interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task oriented purpose
5 Types of Teams
Work, management, parallel, project, action
Work teams
Permanent; purpose is to produce goods or provide services, and they generally require a full-time commitment from their members
Management teams
Permanent; participate in managerial-level tasks that affect the entire organization
Parallel teams
Part-time commitment; short term or long term; composed of members from various jobs who provide recommendations to managers about important issues that run “parallel” to the organization’s production process
Project teams
Temporary; formed to take on “one-time” tasks that are generally complex and require a lot of input from members with different types of training and expertise
Action teams
Perform tasks that are normally limited in duration, but are compelx and visible
Virtual teams
The members are geographically dispersed, and interdependent activity occurs through electronic communications
Steps to make a team
Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
Forming
Members orient themselves by trying to understand their boundaries in the team
Storming
Members remain committed to ideas they bring with them to the team
Norming
Members realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals and they begin to cooperate with each other
Performing
Members are comfortable working within their roles, and the team makes progress toward goals
Adjourning
Members experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team
Punctuated equilibrium
Forming and pattern creation, inertia, process revision, inertia
Task interdependence
The degree to which team mementoes interact with and rely on other team members for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team
Pooled interdependence
Group members complete their work assigned independently, and then work is piled up to represent the group’s output
Sequential interdependence
Different tasks are done in a prescribed order, and the group is structured such that the members specialize in these tasks
Reciprocal interdependence
Members are specialized to perform specific tasks and they interact with a subset of other members to complete the team’s work
Comprehensive interdependence
Highest level of interaction and coordination; members have a great deal of discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact in the course of collaboration and completing the work
Goal interdependence
Team members have a shared vision of the team’s goal and align their individual goals with that vision as a result
Mission statements
Clearly describe what the team is trying to accomplish in a way that creates a sense of commitment and urgency among team memerns
Outcome interdependence
When team members share in the rewards that the team earns, with reward examples including pay, bonuses, formal feedback and recognition, etc
Team composition
Mix of people who make up the team