Unit 8 Teambuilding• basic concept of team• basic concept of team building

Team

• What is a team?

Team

• Small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, set of performance goals, approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

• A group of people is not a team.• Examples?

Why teams?

• Two heads are better than one.• “ We must all hang together or most

assuredly we will all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin• Synergy: the creation of a whole that is

greater than the sum of its parts.

Why teams?

Discussion:• What are the advantages and

disadvantages of working in teams?

Teamwork & team building

• Team building: Process of establishing and developing a greater sense of collaboration and trust between team members

• Team building involves more than throwing a few people together.

- Reading p.70 “Successful team working”- Listening p.71 “Building a team”

Team building

Five Stages of Team Development:• Forming: team members get to know each

other. • Storming: interpersonal conflicts begin to

surface. • Norming: team members settle differences with

establishment of order and cohesion. Members feel closer together and the conflicts are settled, or at least forgotten.

• Performing: team members work well together.• Adjouring/Mourning: team disbands following

completion of its task.

Team roles

TeamMember

Roles

Task SpecialistDevotes time and

energy to accomplishing team

goals

Socio-EmotionalDevotes time and

energy to encouraging team harmony

DualDevotes time and

energy to task accomplishment and

supporting team member’s emotional

needs

NonparticipativeMakes minimal

contributions to either tasks or team

members’ socio-emotional needs

Case study: Team building

• p.74 “The new boss”

Debriefing:• What are your solutions or

suggestions?• How were the decisions made?• Did anyone emerge as a leader?• What kind of team player are you?

(p.68)

Challenges to team building

Factors inhibiting or diminishing a team’s effectiveness include:

• Poor management style• High turnover• Improper emphasis on team

development

Barriers to team building

• Credibility of the project leader• Unclear project objectives• Changing goals and priorities• Lack of team definition and structure• Confusion about roles and responsibilities• Performance appraisals that fail to

recognize teamwork• Excessive team size