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Effective Teamwork: - Michael A. West

The document discusses effective teamwork and how to build high-performing teams. It addresses how to achieve collaboration, maximize effectiveness, develop a clear team vision, promote creativity and innovation, provide support for team members, and manage team processes. The key elements for effective teamwork include setting shared objectives, developing tasks for individuals, evaluating contributions, and providing feedback to improve performance. Teams need support from their organizations through resources, information, feedback and assistance to be successful.

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Effective Teamwork: - Michael A. West

The document discusses effective teamwork and how to build high-performing teams. It addresses how to achieve collaboration, maximize effectiveness, develop a clear team vision, promote creativity and innovation, provide support for team members, and manage team processes. The key elements for effective teamwork include setting shared objectives, developing tasks for individuals, evaluating contributions, and providing feedback to improve performance. Teams need support from their organizations through resources, information, feedback and assistance to be successful.

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EFFECTIVE

TEAMWORK
- Michael A. West
The book deals with…….

 How effective collaboration can be achieved in practice?


 How can people work most effectively together in
 Team Effectiveness?
 Task effectiveness.
 Mental health.
Does team work ??
 Are teams more effective than Individuals working al
 Group problem – solving and decision making.
 Brainstorming in groups.
 Building an effective team.
 Individual should feel they are important to the fate of the group.
 Individual should have Intrinsically interesting task to perform.

 There should be clear team goal with built – in performance feed


back.
 Personality and team performance.
Team vision
 Defining team vision.
 The dimension of team vision.
(I) Clarity. (II) Motivating. (III) Attainability. (IV) Sharpness. (IV) Ability
to develop.
 The elements of team vision.
 Consistency with organizational objective.
 Customer / Service receiver needs.
 Quality of product, service or function.
 Value to wider society.
 Team climate relationships.
 Growth and well – being of team members.
 Relationships with other teams and departments in the organization.
 Relationships with teams outside organization.
Being part of a team
 The elements of team participation.
 Interaction.
 Information Sharing.
 Influence over decision making.
 Group decision making.
 The step technique for decision making.
 Safety in teams.
Creative Problem - Solving
 Team Vision.
 Vision / Shared Objectives.
 Participative Safety.
 Commitment Excellence.
 Support for innovation.
 Creative problem – solving in team.

 Selection.
 Implementation.
 Techniques for promoting creativity within group
 Negative brainstorming.
 Table of elements.
Contd………..
 Using creativity techniques in group meetings.
 Other influences on team innovation.
 Resources.
 Team Size.
 Lifetime of the team.
 Individual factors.
 The change process.
Team Support
 Social Support.
 Emotional Support.
 Informational Support.
 Instrumental Support.

 Support for team member growth and development.


 Skill development.
 Job enrichment.
 Balance between home and work life.
 Social Climate.
Managing Team
 Managing a Team.
 Setting clear shared Objectives.
 Changing the roles of team member.
 Developing individual tasks.
 Evaluating individual contribution.
 Providing feedback on team performance.
 Reviewing group processes, strategies & objectives.
 Coaching a Team.
 Listening.
 Recognizing and revealing feelings.
 Giving feedback.
 Leading a Team.
 Creating favorable performance conditions for the team.
 Building & maintaining the team as a performing unit.
 Coaching & helping the team.
Team building

 Types of team building interventions.


 Team start-up.
 Regular formal reviews.
 Identifying what the problems are.
 Social process interventions.
 Role clarification & Negotiation.
Teams in Organizations

 Team work for effective organizational functioning.


 Ambassadorial activities.
 Task coordinator activities.
 Scouting activities.
 What do teams need from their organizations.
 Target.
 Resources.
 Information.
 Education.
 Feed back.
 Technical & Process assistance.
 What do organizations require from team.
 How to be a revolutionary team
 The team must have a clear vision of what it wishes to achieve.
 The vision must be clearly articulated and coherently expressed.
 They must be flexible in responding to the views of other.
 Participation.

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