Teamwork - Basic issues in teamwork

6 important questions on Teamwork - Basic issues in teamwork

What are work teams?

Continuing work units responsible for producing goods or providing services. Usually work teams have a supervisor, although sometimes these teams are given some autonomy.

What are parallel teams?

They exist parellel to an organization, and perform functions that the regular organization is not equipped to perform well.
> Quality circles, which are meant to monitor and improve functions of (parts of) an organization.

What are management teams?

They coordinate and provide direction to sub-units under their jurisdiction and are responsible for the overall performance of those sub-units.
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What is the input-process-output (IPO) model of performance?

Input variabels
  • Team size and composition
  • Organizational climate
  • Leadership
> Group Processes
  • Information-sharing
  • Conflict
> Group output
  • Team performance
  • Team member satisfaction

How are team processes defined?

As members' interdependent acts that convert inputs to outcomes through cognitive, verbal and behavioral activities directed toward organizing taskwork to achieve collective goals.

What are emergent states?

Properties of the team that are typically dynamic in nature and vary as a function of team context, inputs, processes and outcomes.
> Cohesion, trust and team climate.

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