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Team Adventure at Evart Glass

Q1. You cant train people to be team player, build arguments to support this statement. Then comeup with arguments against it.Ans. Yes people can train to be team player by four critical interpersonal behaviors:

1. Understanding2. Empathy3. Tolerance4. Communication

We know people arent the same, yet they need to be treated fairly and equitably. And differences(culture, physical or other factors) can cause people to behave in different ways. The team leader needs tounderstand and accept these differences. Each and every team member should be encouraged to do thesame.Empathy is closely related to understanding. As a team lease, we should know try to understand otherperspectives.Tolerance is another important interpersonal in managing people to be a team player. Just because youunderstand people are different and you empathize with them doesnt meant that its important din dealingwith diverse ages, gender and culture background to be themselves. Part of being tolerant is being openminder about different values, attitudes and behaviorsIf it is a good communication is organization people can be train Easley to be a team player by discusstheir issues that concern themYou cant train people to be team player.Yes it also true we cant train people for a team player. These are some factorsCulture different people belong to different culture. They cant participate in groups.Gender, Political reason, Organization unions, Physical and diversity these are the factor that make a

statement in which we can t train people for a team player. These factors are depending on theorganization and people. How the people are different and how they behave in different way.

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Employees werent initially thrilled about the idea of team-building exercises. Some workers, primarilyunion members, resisted the mandatory team training. To ease the uncertainty over what the training wasabout, the company provides information to worked well in building program was based on a challengeby choice philosophy, meaning that worked were not require to participate in activates that made themuncomfortable.

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Q2 describe the advantages and disadvantage of using cross functional team training rather thanusing the actual work teams of which employees are part?

Ans:Cross functional teams have many advantages. Although some of the pluses apply to other typesof teams, too these advantages have a unique flavor when played out in the context of a cft. I

have found that cross functional teams brings six important advantages to organizations thatsuccessfully implement and manage them:

Speed: cross functional teams reduce the time it takes to get things done, especially inthe product development process.

Complexity:cross functional team improve an organizations ability to solve complexproblem.

Customer focus:cross functional team focus the organizations resources onsatisfying the customers needs.

Creativity:by bringing together people with a variety of experiences and background.Cross functional teams increase the creative capacity of an organization.

Organizational learning: members of cross functional teams are more easily able todevelop new technical and professional skills, learn more about disciplines, and learnhow to work with other people who have different team player style and culturalbackgrounds than those who do not participate in cross functional teams.

Single point of contact: the cross functional team promotes a more effective cross-team effort by identifying one place to go for information and for decision about a projector customers

Cross-functional Structure Disadvantages

In traditional structures, two classical principles of organization clearly stand out: (a) "Authority shouldequal responsibility" and (b) "Every subordinate should be assigned to a single boss." A matrix violates

both of these deeply ingrained principles, creating problems for both the organization and its individualmembers In a matrix, the boundaries of authority and responsibility are split or shared between functionaland project managers. This characteristic creates ambiguity and conflict over areas such as resources,technical issues, salaries and promotions, and personnel assignments. This ambiguity results in powerstruggles as each side attempts to clarify and define its responsibility and accountabilityAnother major disadvantage are

Cost Conflict Personal interest Span of control

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Advantage of CFTI saw the whole concept of team work being played out, showing you have t work together rather thanjust taking it all on yourself.Where as an actual work team the worker do their woks according to their daily task. They dont haveany idea about the other department. The do want to participate in team or in any decision makingactivity.

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Q3. How might the team-building exercise such as the ones briefly described contribute to making ateam more effective?Ans:A team can be more effectiveness by three criteriaThe productive output of the team meets or exceeds the standard of quantity and quality.Team members realize satisfaction of their personal needs.

The team members remain committed to working together again.The team should focus on performance.It can be more effective when it has motivating teamworkAnd the last it member should be contribution in new idea, decision making and in communication.

In case studyThe workers are willing to participate in CFT again for more challenge and for more exercise.They feel changed in their behavior after these activities

Q4. Its your chance to be creative think of a team building exercise that would help ateam achieve one of the characteristics of an effective team

I chose the mutual trust for the effective team because mutual trust effective teams are characterizedby high mutual trust among members. That is, members believe in the ability character, and integrityof each other. But as you probably know is fragile. It takes a long time to build and it can be easilydestroyed. Maintain trust requires careful attention by mangers.

The exercise that I do for more effective by this1. Communicate. Keep team members and subordinates informed by explaining decision and

policies and providing accurate feedback2. Be supportive. Be available and approachable3. Be respectful. Delegate real authority to team members and listen to these ideas.