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    This document discusses teams and team building. It defines a team as a small group of people with complementary skills working together towards a common goal. Teamwork provides advantages like generating new ideas and leveraging diverse talents, but can also slow down decision making. Team building aims to improve team effectiveness through planned activities and continuous improvement. Common problems teams face include challenges from new members and balancing task and relationship needs. The document provides tips for teams such as sharing information and encouraging participation.

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    TEAMS

    &
    TEAM BUILDING

    By Asim Sagheer
    asimsagheer@gmail.com
    Contents
    What is teamwork?
    Team work advantages & disadvantages.
    What is teambuilding?
    Problems faced by teamprocess.
    Whatcan be done to improve team process?
    Types of teams.
    What is teamwork?
    • A team is a small group of people with
    complementary skills, who work actively
    together to achieve a common purpose for
    which they hold themselves collectively
    accountable.
    • Teamwork is the act of working effectively
    with other members of the team to achieve a
    common goal.
    What is teamwork?
    Types of teams.
     Teams that recommend things.
    Established to study specific problems andrecommend
    solutions to them.
     Teams that run things.
    Have formal responsibility for leading other groups.
     Teams that make or do things.
    Functional groups that perform ongoingtasks.
    What is teamwork?
    Nature and characteristics ofteamwork.
    Team members actively work together in such
    a way that all of their respective skills are
    utilized to achieve a common purpose.
    Have strong core values.
    Have the right mix of skills.
    Possess creativity.
    Teamwork advantages &
    disadvantages
    Advantages Disadvantages

    Generates multiple ideas for solving Slows down the problem-solving process
    problems, making it easier to resolve because of discussion and disagreements.
    issues. This is particularly true when teams grow
    larger. As a result, deadlines may be
    compromised.
    Provides wide pool of talents, letting Potentially challenging for employees who
    members work together to complete prefer working alone or are not
    tasks. comfortable working with people with
    widely divergent skills and backgrounds
    Strengthens bonds between employees Allows some team members to do less
    and improves their job satisfaction. work than others and not participate as
    much.
    What is team building?
    Team members and leaders must workhard
    to achieve teamwork.
    Team building helps in achievingteamwork.
    Team building
    -A sequence of planned activities designed to
    gather and analyze data on the functioning of
    a group and to initiate changes designed to
    improve teamwork and increase group
    effectiveness.
    What is team building?
    Approaches to team building.
     Formal retreat approach
    -Team building occurs during an offsite retreat.
     Continuous improvement approach.
    -The manager, team leader, or team member take
    responsibility for ongoing team building.
     Outdoor experienceapproach.
    -Members engage in physical challenging
    situations that require teamwork.
    How team building works?
    Five step process.
    -Problem or opportunity in team
    effectiveness.
    -Data gathering and analysis.
    -Planning for team improvements.
    -Actions to improve teamfunctioning.
    -Evaluation of results.
    Problems faced by team process
    Increased emphasis on teams and team work:
    Present challenges to people accustomedto
    more traditional ways of working.
    Creates complications due to multiple and
    shifting memberships.
    New member problems.
    -New members are concerned about the issues
    of:
    • Participation.
    • Goals.
    • Control.
    • Relationships.
    Task and maintenance leadership.
    • Distributed leadership is required.
    • The team leader and the members share in
    the responsibility of meeting task needsand
    maintenance needs.
    What can be done to improveteam
    process?
    Task activities which include-
    Initializing discussion.
    Sharing information.
    Asking information of others.
    Clarifying what has been said.
    Summarizing the status of adeliberation.
    Maintenance activities include-
    Encouraging the participation of others.
    Trying to harmonize differences of opinion.
    Praising the contributions of others.
    Agreeing to go along with a popular courseof
    action.
    Group members should avoid the following
    disruptive behaviors:
     Being overly aggressive toward other members.
     Withdrawing and refusing to cooperatewith
    others.
     Horsing around when there is work to be done.
     Talking too much about irrelevent matters.
     Trying to compete for attentionand recognition.
    Types of teams
    Problem solving teams.
    Cross-functional teams.
    Virtual teams.
    Self managed teams.
    Bibliography

    http://w ww.pearsonhighered.com/assets/hip/
    us/hip_us_pearsonhighered/samplechapter/0
    132850249.pdf
    http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/planning/
    pdf/teamwrk.pdf
    THANK YOU.

    For quires
    asimsagheer@gmail.com

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