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Teams appointed by the chief executive officer (CEO) and ideally, reflect the skills and areas that the CEO considers vital for company

Top management teams

Social Roles

- Calibrator - Communicator - Cooperator

Tasks roles

- Contractor - Creator - Contributor - Completers - Critic

Boundary Spanning Roles

- Coordinator - Consul

Benefits of self managed teams

- Employees have higher satisfaction increased self esteem and grow more on the job - Organizations increase productivity, increased flexibility and lower turnover

Three types of task interdependence

- Pooled interdependence - Quential interdependence - Reciprocal interdependence

Richard Hackman identified three major classes of tasks

- Production tasks - Idea generation tasks ex. Coming up with a slogan - Problem solving tasks

Teams tend to have two categories of roles consisting of those related to the

1) tasks at hand 2) team's functioning

Team

A cohesive coalition of people working together to achieve mutual goals a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and approach for which they are mutually accountable.

Self directed teams

A special form of self- managed teams where members determine who will lead them with no external oversight

Groupthink

A tendency to avoid a critical evaluation of ideas the group favors Groupthink is most common in highly cohesive groups

Tasks force

A type of temporary team which is asked to address a specific issue or problem until it is resolved

Organizations should consider the following when determining if a team Is needed

A variety of knowledge, skills and abilities are needed, whether ideas and feedback are needed from different groups within the organization, how interdependent the task are, is wide cooperation is needed to get things done, would the organization benefit from shared goals

Idea-generation tasks

Creative tasks such as brainstorming a new direction or creating a new process

Sequential interdependence

In a team, when one person's output becomes another person's input

Product development teams

Product development teams Other teams that may be temporary or ongoing

Problem solving tasks

Refers to coming up with plans for actions and making decisions

Production tasks

Tasks that include actually making something such as a building, product, or a marketing plan.

Reciprocal interdependence

Team members working on each task simultaneously

How do teams differ?

Teams differ from other types of groups in that members are focused on a joint goal or product, such as a presentation, discussing a topic, writing a report, creating new design or prototype or winning a team Olympic medal.

Empowered teams

Teams that have the responsibility as well as the authority to achieve their goals

Cross-functional team

Teams that involve individuals from different parts

Virtual teams

Teams where members are not located in the same physical place

Traditional manager-led teams

Teams where the manager serves as the team leader

Tasks interdependence

The degree that team members are dependent upon one another to get information, support, or materials from other team members to be effective

Pooled interdependence

When team members may work independently and simply combine their efforts to create the team's output

Outcome interdependence

When the rewards that an individual receives depend on the performance of others

Self-managed teams

teams that manage themselves and do not report directly to supervisor. Instead, team members select their own leader and they may even take turns in the leadership role