WOP Lecture 7: Team Dynamics Flashcards

1
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team =

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groups of 2 people or more who exist to…
- achieve goals
- work interdependently
- perceive to be a team
- influence each other

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2
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why informal groups?

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  • innate drive to bond
  • social identity
  • emotional support
  • achieve personal goals (coalitions: tegen org. negatieve dingen)
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3
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team characteristics:

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  • permanence
  • skill variety
  • authority dispersion
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4
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low dispersion =

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centralized, één baas bijvoorbeeld

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5
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departmental karakteristieken

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P: H
SV: LM
AD: L

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self-directed karakteristieken

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P: HM
SV: HM
AD: H

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7
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task-force

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P: L
SV: H
AD: M

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8
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dus korte samenvatting verschillende soorten departments

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permanence - skill variety - authority dispersion:

departmental: high naar low
self-directed: alles high
task-force: low - high medium - medium

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9
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successfactors for self-directed teams

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  • responsible for whole process
  • interdependent, independent van andere teams
  • support waar nodig (tech, communicatie)
  • autonomy to organize and coordinate work
  • job enrichment
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10
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virtual teams success factors

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  • members characteristics (tech savvy, 5 C’s)
  • high task structure
  • meeting face to face
  • goede tech
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advantages of team work

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  • more knowledge and expertise
  • more perspectives
  • synergy & creativity
  • legitimacy of processes and acceptance of solutions

wat leidt tot
- better decision making
- higher motivation
- information sharing and coordination

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12
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3 redenen waardoor mensen higher motivation hebben binnen in een team

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  • drive to bond
  • accountability to team
  • benchmarks van collegues
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13
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2 disadvantages of a team

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  • process losses (door resources die uitgaan naar team building)
  • social loafing
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14
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brookes law

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meer mensen adden is minder productivity

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15
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social loafing

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people exert less effort in a team

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16
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social loafing more likely if…

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  • individual performance is hidden
  • low motivation
  • individual characteristics
  • team dynamics undermine employee motivation
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17
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4 onderdelen team effectiveness model

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  • org & team environment
  • team design
  • team processes
  • team effectiveness
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18
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org. + team environment

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  • rewards
  • physical space
  • communication
  • org. design
  • org. leadership
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19
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team design: team effectiveness model

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characteristics
size
composition

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20
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team processes

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norms
cohesion
development
trust

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21
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team effectiveness

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accomplish tasks
satisfy needs
maintain survival

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22
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minimize social loafing

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  1. make individual performances more visible
    - measure
    - smaller teams
    - specialize tasks
  2. increase motivation
    - rewards
    - job enrichment
    - awareness social loafing and obligations
    - select motivated employees
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23
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best environment for teams

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  • supportive resources
  • communication (bv door tech)
  • team based rewards
  • inspiring leader
  • external motivating forces
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24
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ideal tasks for teamwork

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  • high complexity tasks -> highly specialized roles
  • high/good structure
  • high task analyzability
  • higher task interdependence
  • low task variability
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25
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levels of task interdependence

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pooled - sequential - reciprocal

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26
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best team size

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6
- least process losses
- higher cohesion -> beter kennen
- faster development
- feel responsible for teams success

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27
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team diversity voor en nadelen

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+ creativity
+ perspectives
+ representation
+ knowledge
+ problem solving

  • slower development
  • faulty decisions
28
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5 C’s model

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effective team member behaviours:

  • coorporation
  • conflict handling
  • coordinating
  • communicating
  • comforting
29
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task work=

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behaviours that complete the task

30
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team work =

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behaviours that effectively make a team

31
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2 steps of team development

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  • social identity: see team as part of personal identity
  • competence development: coordinating routines, sharing mental models
32
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Team Development Model

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forming - storming - norming - performing - adjourning

33
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coorporating

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  • sharing resources
  • accomodate others
34
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communicating

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  • share info freely
  • listen
35
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conflict handling

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  • diagnose conflict
  • use best handling strategy
36
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forming

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learn about each other
evaluate membership

37
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storming

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conflict
uittesten
compete for roles
influence goals
establish norms

38
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norming

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roles are clear, mental models, cohesion, consensus

39
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performing

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efficient coordination, coorporation, trust, team identity

40
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adjourning

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disbanding, shift from task to relationship focus

41
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wanneer is formal role assignment

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formation

42
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wanneer is informal role assignment

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gedurende het hele process. ligt ook aan karaktereigenschappen.

43
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wat is de beste vorm van team building

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goal setting & role clarification / adventure program

44
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how do norms develop within a team

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  • Initial team experiences
  • Critical events in team’s history
  • Experience and values members bring to the team
45
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preventing dysfunctional team norms

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  • aangeven normen tijdens formation
  • select members met die normen
  • leader changes norms
  • team based rewards: voor goed gedrag
  • discuss slechte norms
  • break up teams with bad norms
46
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team cohesion is strong and fast when

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  • difficult entry
  • high success
  • veel interactie
  • external competition and challenges
  • small team size
  • high similarity among coworkers
47
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high cohesion teams perform faster because…

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  • Motivated to stay in team & achieve team objectives
  • Share information more frequently
  • Better social support (minimizes stress)
  • Resolve conflict more swiftly and effectively

particulary when:
* Task interdependence is high
* Team norms consistent with organizational objectives

48
Q

three levels of trust

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calculation based
knowledge based
identification based

49
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brainstorming research evidence

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*Tends to be effective, according to field studies & creative industry, if facilitator & supportive culture (more creative ideas, less evaluation apprehension when learning orientation, strengthens decision acceptance & team cohesiveness, sharing positive emotions encourages creativity)
* Not effective, according to lab studies using students (in many groups production blocking & evaluation apprehension)

  • dus… wel effectief in field studies en creatieve industrie, niet zo in lab studies.
50
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4 brainstorming criteria

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  1. speak freely
  2. dont judge
  3. provide as many ideas as possible
  4. build on each others ideas
51
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evidence is niet echt favorable voor…

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tasks requiring idea generation

52
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wat is de beste vorm van teams

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hybrid: teams work independent for some time, and then also not
-> more and more high quality ideas

53
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brainwriting

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without conversation
-> meer creatieve ideeen, minder production blocking

54
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electronic brainwriting

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brainwriting op computer
-> lower production blocking, evaluation apprehension, conformity

55
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nominal group technique

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hybrid: brainwriting with a verbal component

better than brainstorming but still some constraints

56
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production blocking =

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maar 1 iemand kan tegelijkertijd spreken

57
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time constraints of teams

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  • production blocking
  • time to organize
58
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evaluation apprehension

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het gevoel hebben dat anderen je evalueren
self-presentation: daardoor reluctant om ideeen te sharen

59
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4 constraints on team decision making

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  • time constraints
  • evaluation apprehension (bij amsta)
  • peer pressure to conform
  • overconfidence
60
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3 factoren waardoor overconfidence ontstaat

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self enhancement
cohesion
external threats

61
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which teams are more overconfident?

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highly cohesive teams

want: high tendency in highly cohesive teams to value consensus over decision quality

62
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groupthink komt door twee dingen

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  • avoidance of reevaluation
  • not taking expert advice into account
63
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avoiding group think

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  • allow criticizing
  • allow expression of opinions
  • external evaluation
  • devils advocate
  • reevaluation
  • expert advice
  • ad hoc teams
64
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avoiding social loafing: 2 aspecten + hoe doen?

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  1. keep track of individual performance
    - smaller teams
    - specialized tasks
    - measure performance
  2. increase motivation
    - rewards
    - job enrichment
    - awareness of social loafing, and obligations
    - select motivated employees
65
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team effectiveness model ezelsbruggetje

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  1. team&org environment: kan iedereen zien/opzoeken
  2. team design: kan je zien als je het team bij elkaar ziet, op meetings
  3. team processes: internal things, kan je niet zien, echt naar vragen
  4. team effectiveness: kan je deels zien, deels ook niet