Lecture 2 Flashcards

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Team?

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People organized to function cooperatively as a group. It has never been more important

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Shared characteristics of a team

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common commitment and purpose, specific performance goals, complementary skills, commitments to how the work gets done, mutual accoutability

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Shared purpose of a team

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Have specific purpose
Has shared leadership roles
Have both individual and mutual accountabilities
Discuss, make decisions and perform real work together
Measure their performance by assessing their collective work products

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Team development stages

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Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning

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forming?

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teams communciate politely instead of directly

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stroming:

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conflict, can be productive, vut consumes time and energy,it is important to listen well for differing expectatiuons

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norming

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teams formulate roles, standsrds, increse trust and communication,

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performing¡

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Teams achieve their goals , are task oriented and focus on performance and produciton

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adjouring

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saying goodbye after a task is completed

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what makes a team effective

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Establish urgency
Demand performance
Have a compelillng reason for working together
Utilize feedback

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Importance of each team member

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choose teammates for skill and potential, not personality. Find the tasks and deliverables and from there choose teammates

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success factors for collaboration in teams

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Relationship development practices
Role models of collaboration among executives
Establishment of manager mentoring employees
Training in relationship skills
A sense of community
leaders who are skilled at talk and people leadership
Role clarity

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Effective mutlicultural teams

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teams with people from differenc touctries. Diverse people usually have a mix of skills, perspectives, and ideas. This fact creates better problem solving

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Challenges of multicultural teams

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vatying expectations
Prejudice and stigma spilling into workplace
Cultural and language barriers
Varying interpretations of commitment or agreement to a decision

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How can diverse tams overcome these challenges

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Breaking down cultural difference,
Minimizing the language barrier
Working around cultural customs
Avoid creating artificial divisons

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Types of teams

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Project, Self managed, virtual, operational

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Project teams

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group of people who work collectively toward shared goals
Allows you to structure work in a SMART way
You can assign clear roles, responsibilities, and deadlines.
Coaching and mentoring can be included in these kinds of teams

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Main types of project teams

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functional teams, cross funcitonal ,matrix teams, contract teams

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Functional teams:

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Permanent teams that include teams of the same department with different responsiblitiesC

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ross functional teams

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contain memebers form various departments, they work on speci tasks that require different inputs and expertise

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Matrix teams

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two-boss sustem. An individual report to a different manager for various aspects of his work

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contract teams

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teams taht are tied down to a contracts and brought in to complete a part of a project

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Self managed teams

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Teams from employees of the same organization, work together for a common goal. No manager nor authority.

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self management teams parameters

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levels of responsibility, autonomy that is given to the self managed team

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virtual teams

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made of people in different locations, rely on collaboration tools. Better work life balance

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Operatiosal teams

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support other teams

27
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There is a balance between conflice and performance. Which is the sweet spot?

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Perfect midpoint between conflict makes better performance