A group whose individual efforts result in
performance that is greater than the sum of
the individual inputs
Work group
A group that interacts primarily to share
information and to make decisions to help
each group member perform within his or
her area of responsibility
Turning Individuals into
Team Players
Selecting: Hiring Team Players
Possess
interpersonal skills
Professional
Best talent
Fulfilling the team roles
Training: Creating Team Players
Workshop helps to improve
problem-solving, communication,
negotiation, conflict-management
and coaching skills
Focus on team building
Rewarding: Providing Incentives to Be a
Good Team Player
Reworked to
encourage
cooperative efforts
rather than
competitive ones
Reward towards team
performance
Promotions, pray
raises and other
forms of recognition
Intrinsic rewards such
as camaraderie
Creating Team Effectiveness
Context
Adequate
Resources
Leadership and
Structure
Performance Evaluation
and Reward System
Composition
Abilities of
members
Personality
Allocating Roles
Process
Common
Purpose
Specific Goals
Team Efficacy
Type of Teams
Problem-Solving Teams
Group of 5-12 employees from the
same department who meets for
few hours each week to discuss
ways of improving
quality,efficiency and the work
environment
Self-Managed Work Teams
Groups of 10-15 people
who take on
responsibilities of their
former supervisors
Cross-Functional Teams
Employees from about the same
hierarchical level, but from different
work area,who come together to
accomplish a task
Virtual Teams
Teams that use computer
technology to tie together
physically dispersed members in
order to achieve a common goal
Multiteam Systems
A collection of two or more
interdependent teams that
share a superordinate goal; a
team of teams