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Business organizating their work around what kind of teams
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- project teams, Virtual teams, team building sessions, goald and rewards based on team performance
- consulting groups, team building exercises, job posting invlolving teams, improve team performance |
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T E A M S
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- together everyone achieves more
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Since 1990s organizations focusing work from ___________ to _________ and why did this occur
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- from individual to teams
- due to incrased pressure for SKILL DIVERSITY, RAPID RESPONSE, ADAPTABILITY caused by COMPETITION and INNOVATION |
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Allen and Hecht define teams as (2004)
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- two or more poeple working interdependently toward the achievement of a common goal
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Example if effective team problem solving Apollo 13
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- Houston we ve had a problem
- Apollo 13 lost a fault in the electrical system and created a loss of power - team of NASA engineers had to problem solve from a distance - they problem solved, worked with the crew and adapted components so they could returen safely to Earth - worked together efficiently to solve a problem that no one woul dhave been able to solve individually - Successful Failure |
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Teams have been definied
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- as complex, dynamic and adaptive systems
- exist in a context, develop as member interact over time, and evolve and adapt as situational demanads unfold |
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Work team can be defined as two or more poeple who (1) (2) (3) (4)
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(1) interact and share a common goal, such that their tasks are interdependent
(2) are brought together to perform tasks relevant to the organization (3) have different roles and responsibilities (which, however, may be interchangeable) (4) are rooted in an overall organizational system that sets constraints on, and provides context for, the team |
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Some researchers distinguish between TEAMS and GROUPS
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- Groups: made up of individuals working on interdependent tasks by not necessarily requiring interdepenent work
- teams: more than a group in that they have a shared goal and vision and great interdependence |
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Many researchers do not make the distinction and less critical
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- many different types of teams exist
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Are all teams the same? use sports as an example
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- All sports teams goal to won or perform at best
- differ in the content of their activities (bball vball swim) |
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But do they actually differ on their format? (using sports)
How are they organized (1-4) |
- bball, vball etc teams are all teams, variations exist in how they are organized
(1) extent to which the member INTERACT with each other on their individual tasks (2) the INTERDEPENDENCE of the tasks (3) the extent to which the roles and tasks are WELL DEFINED and formalized (4) the extent to which the members are INTERCHANGEABLE - factors may be internally driven wihtin the group or externally derived baed on restraints put on them by the organization or regulating body |
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Total team performance is simply the additive function of individual members performance that is _________
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- the INTERDEPENDENCE of the tasks that the members perform (task interdependence)
- the INTERACTION among members performing the task (team member interaction) - is nominal or non existent |
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What is an example of this
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- Synchronized swimming is HIGHLY INTERACTIVE
- one member can influence performance of all team members - teams involve HIGH INTERACTION AND INTERDEPENDENCE - diving team's score -------- one divers score doesnt directly impact the performance of another diver ------- paralle WORK GROUP: tasks are independent and dividen up amoung the members ------- members on their own and the final oroduct is simply the sum of each individual effort |
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Task interdependence
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-the extent to which performance on team based tasks are dependent on other members performance
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Team member interaction
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- the extent to which members interact with each other while completing thier job tasks
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