Week 12 - Creativity & Teamwork Flashcards
What do teams emerge through?
Adoption of a work method
Collaborative relationships
What does it mean to be a team?
When all members of a group work in harmony to achieve a common goal that benefits all members
What are the immediate benefits of a team?
Wider appreciation of learning
Cognitive flexibility
Increased perceived self-confidence
What are the 4 C’s determinants of high-performing teams?
Context
Composition
Competencies
Change
Explain Context in terms of team (2)
The organisational environment of the team
The need for teamwork, type of team needed and the culture, structure and systems that support teamwork
What are the 2 important questions in a context setting?
Is effective teamwork critical to accomplishing common goals?
Who are the supporters of the team
What is key in regards to the context?
effective context management
Effective context management involves what (4) things?
Measurable goals, team understanding, rewards systems and teamwork culture
Explain Composition in terms of team
Team members skills, experience and motivation, as well as team size
What is key in composition and accomplishing goals?
Member motivation
How is team size managed? (4)
By establishing adequate selection practices
Personal development
Cutting loose individuals who lack skills or motivation
Managing according to the skills and motivation levels
What is Competencies in terms of a team?
Teams ability to solve problems, communicate, make decisions and manage conflict
What does it mean by Change in terms of teams?
Teams ability to monitor its performance and make changes as needed
High-performing teams have developed skills to change by what?
Establishing team building processes
Establishing the ‘change’ philosophy
Being a team player is important for what?
Career development
What are some barriers to team creativity? (4)
Process losses
Conversational bottle necks
Laziness
Fear of rejection
How to lift the barriers to team creativity?
Adopt formal rules to guide the group and avoid problematic behaviours
What kind of rules are good? (4)
Go for quantity
Withhold criticism
Welcome wild ideas
Combine and improve ideas
What are norms?
Collective mental representations of appropriate behaviour that guide behaviour in groups
Social norms
Emerge over time as a result of repeated social interaction
Team creativity can be explained in the context of what?
Norms
What are the 5 key PIECE’s/behaviours underpinning team creativity within the norms perspectives?
Participation Independence Elaboration Communication Exploration
What is the Funnel Process?
The more ideas/unusual ideas will be considered which will in turn maximise the chances of reaching a highly creative solution
Participation might be affected by what?
Social loafing
What 2 norms can boost participation?
Accountability Norm
Equity Norm
What is the Accountability Norm?
Shared expectation of 2 members that they will be asked to justify their beliefs and actions to others
What is the Equity Norm?
Awards are distributed depending on individual contribution
What is meant by Independence?
Teams expect that individuals contribute with unique perspectives
- However, these are lost
What norm counters the pressure to conform?
Individualistic norms
What is Elaboration norms in the context of team creativity?
A process of systematic evaluation of a novel idea and further clarifying it
- the reaction to expand existing ideas
Where are communication norms particularly relevant?
In culturally diverse groups (effective communication can be challenging)
What can Exploration help do?
Implement innovation in groups
What is one way to overcome exploration issues?
Risk taking norms
