Team Building (b)

Question 1

Stages of Team Building

Answer 1

• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing

Question 2

First stage of team building

Answer 2

Forming

• most members are positive, polite, anxious or excited
• can last for some time

Question 3

Second stage of team building

Answer 3

Storming

• People start to push against established boundaries, where many teams fail
• Conflict between working styles
• Resistance of taking on tasks
  and questioning of goal worth

Question 4

Third stage of team building

Answer 4

Norming

-Differences resolved, respect, socialising, constructive feedback
- Prolonged overlap with previous stage due to setbacks

Question 5

Final stage of team building

Answer 5

Performing

• Hardwork leads to achievement of goals

-Being part of the team seems easy, leaving/adding won’t disrupt performance

Question 6

Belbin’s Team Roles

Answer 6

In 1981, Meredith Belbin proposed that every
team needs to fulfil nine roles to be highly
effective.
- Completer finisher,
- Implementer
- Shaper
- Specialist
- Monitor evaluator
- Plant
- Resource investigator
- Teamworker
- Coordinator

Question 7

Explain the roles Resource Investigator, Team worker, Co-ordinator according to Belbin

Answer 7

• Resource investigator: Seeks out ideas, resources, or
connections to bring back to the team.
• Team worker: Helps negotiate between team members
so everyone works together more effectively.
• Co-ordinator: Delegates tasks and acts as the leader of
the team to guide everyone to success.

Question 8

Explain the roles Plant, Monitor Evaluator, Specialist as described by Belbin

Answer 8

• Plant: Comes up with innovative ideas by thinking
outside the box.
• Monitor evaluator: Evaluates the pros and cons of
ideas brought to the team and decides whether to
implement them.
• Specialist: Has specialized knowledge in a particular
field important to the team and uses that expertise to
help the team.

Question 9

Explain the roles Shaper, Implementer, Completer Finisher as described by Belbin

Answer 9

• Shaper: Pushes the team to consider all possibilities
and motivates everyone when the team starts becoming
complacent.
• Implementer: Turns ideas into concrete action steps
that the team can take to get the job done.
• Completer finisher: Acts as quality control to ensure
that the project has no errors and is completed on time.

Question 10

Fredrickson’s Broaden and Build
Theory of Positive Emotions

Answer 10

Around 1998, Barbara Fredrickson developed the
broaden and build theory of positive emotions, which
posits that experiencing positive emotions leads to
gaining skills and resources.
• However, experiencing negative emotions, such as fear
or anger, leads to people exhibiting a “narrower” set
of behaviours centred around self-preservation and
survival.
• Fredrickson’s theory demonstrates the importance of
positive experiences to your team.
• It’s not only important to strive to create happy work
environments, but also invest in team building activities.
• These events are fantastic opportunities for team
members to gain skills and knowledge in low-pressure,
fun contexts, while boosting morale and engagement