Essays on Team Member

Introduction

The paper reports on observation made on team performance composed of people with diverse experiences, in an unpredictable situation using a mid-fidelity ship-bridge simulation and analyzed through the application concept of joint activity and Wood’s theory building on data load. It will assist in gaining insight into the effects of institutional preparedness, design and communication. This will help in improving the response strategies in humanitarian crisis and give insight into the plausible causes of action. In this case, teams are defined by their cognitive and coordination capabilities and these parameters are used to assess the performance. The study ...

Running a branch office in the small town with two college-educated colleagues with middle-class backgrounds and three local residents from lower backgrounds will likely be characterized by disruptive challenges that may adversely affect the operation of the office as a team and thus there is a need for effective management. In running a productive and efficient team at work, there is a need to create an effective workplace and enhance positive social relations among the employees. However, the reality is that there are class differences linked to the ambiguous class position of the employees which may be a source ...

Completion Date

CONTENTS 1. Introduction..3 2. The Color Run: Event Management Profile4 3. The Color Run Lausanne: A Profile.5 4. The Color Run Lausanne: Sustainable Event Management Practice6 4.1. Stakeholder Analysis..7 4.2. Media Coverage..9 4.3. Community Implications10 5. Recommendations11 6. References.13

The Color Run Lausanne: Sustainable Event Management Report

1. INTRODUCTION Festivity has become an integral part of social life in 2000s. In addition to conventional celebratory events – e.g. Christmas, Halloween and home coming in U.S, for example – events organized around athletic, charity or awareness-raising themes have come to capture attention of an increasing number of social segments beyond younger ones. For instance, sports events organized and/or sponsored by ...

Working in groups is very essential to development, as it helps people to be able to work well with others in an efficient manner. Moreover, working in groups also helps individuals to work with those of various personalities and temperaments as well. For example; while some people in a group can be kind and understanding, there are those who can be bossy and order others around too. This is what individuals must deal with when working in groups, at one point or another. As “Hitchhikers and Couch Potatoes” says within a team setting, conflict is something that must be ...

Introduction

A national organization operating in the United States has offices in all four time zones in the country. The organization wishes to complete an important and confidential project within the next three and a half months. The completion of the project will require the formation of a virtual team comprising of mostly senior managers and directors from all major business departments of the organization. For the project to be a success, a team charter needs to be created to direct the different team members on what is required of them. Also, since the team members will be working from ...

Working Groups and Teams

While working in a team or group setting, there are factors of each member that make one more enviable than the other to attain a specific goal. Groups and teams differ in the leadership structure, how the member is held accountable and the technique of assessing effectiveness. Organizations; globally, depend on teams to advance innovative solutions, develop novel products and realize other major objective (Bhatnagar & Tjosvold, 2012). Groups normally hold the members to personal accountability lines; the membership does not have to contribute 100% of the time. On the contrary, the most effective element of a team, is the ...

Question: What is Team Effectiveness?

According to Sundstrom, team effectiveness can be defined as: “the extent to which a work team meets the performance expectations of key counterparts—managers, customers, and others—while continuing to meet members’ expectations of work with the team” (10). The practicality of definition demonstrates the relevance of performance results delivered by the team to key counterparts and the processes implemented within the team for the achievement of those results.

Question: When a Team is operating effectively - what is the evidence of that effectiveness?

Some of the evidences of a team’s effectiveness are its ability to meeting performance expectations, satisfaction from key counterparts, managed conflict, and effective communication and harmony between team members. ...

Organizational problem: Lack of team cohesion

Introduction In an organization, team members share a common objective with the aim of completing a certain standard task for corporate benefit. Human beings need a sense of belonging and identity. Team cohesion refers to the extent in which the members of a team are willing to be involved in the continuity of group task in an organization. According to Robbins et al., (2014, p. 226), teams have been identified to differ in the level of their cohesiveness. Cohesion is the unifying factor of deputies to remain in a team and brings cooperation and efficiency in tackling the task ...

Management Organizational Theory and Behavior:

Question and Answer My dream job, like so many other people, I am sure, would be to work for Google. Although the assumption is that everyone at Google is a computer engineer, coder, or technical guru, that is simply not the case. The Business Strategy department at Google is designed to identify opportunities both in the United States and globally to continue to grow the company while maintaining their philosophy of creating a place where employees want to work even when they no longer have to (Business Strategy, n.p.). The organizational goal to create bridges across the “digital divides” ( ...

Implement and Monitor Work Health and Safety Practices

Written Assessment Learning Outline Within this resource, you will be covering the following key topics: Monitor and improve workplace operations. Plan and organise workflow. Monitor and support team members. Solve problems and make decisions. Using these key topics as a guide, you will work with your trainer/assessor to develop your skills and knowledge. The role of your trainer/assessor is to assist and guide you through your learning journey to achieve your goals.

Short answer written questions.

Projects As part of this written assessment you will need to access the following resources to support you in this assessment: E-Coach learning content Computer with internet ...

Introduction

Working in a group requires effective collaboration and teamwork. It is common that every member’s group may have his or her own idea that can help the group in achieving a specific goal. However, not all members may be I favor of an individual idea, from which a conflict between the members themselves may arise. Relatively, the group’s collaboration and effective teamwork can be achieved in various ways. Moreover, different ideas that influence the development of conflict within the group can be addressed though conflict resolution, such as effective problem-solving and decision-making skills. In this study, we ...

The Team

The team I am going to analyze is my most recent team experience which by far has been the most interesting. This team has proven to be the most unique team I have been a part of. As a military member I have always worked in a team environment; however these teams are not called “teams’ per say even though they perform and are structured just like any other team. Normally the teams that I have been a part off, have been comprised of membersthat are trained for the same NEC (Navy Enlisted Credentials), which is basically the field ...

The team has successfully identified that the Cruising Critters Company is willing to grow more. For that, they follow the strategic plans and effective strategies to accomplish their targets. It is analyzed from the discussion that the specification of the balanced scorecard is quite impressive as it is in the detailed and managed form. There are segments of the requirements in the balanced scorecard. Herein, it should be noted that the balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is usually used by the organizations to improve the overall performance. It helps to improve and manage the ...

Introduction

The thesis statement for this annotated bibliography is “Team Members Are More Successful with A Transformational Leader Versus the Transactional Leader”. The sources that have been chosen will be useful and will allow an effective research process with information being added to the body of knowledge relative to the specified subject. To gather a clearer understanding of the thesis there must be an understanding of the transformational leader and the transactional leader. Leadership carries with the title the responsibility of understanding different methodologies and/or theories that can be used in order to ensure the success of the department, team, ...

Chapter 5: Findings and Discussion

In all types of organizations, including cross culture project team in all organizations, the concepts of job motivation is crucial since it plays significant roles in impacting the productivity of organization within which they operate. This study was aimed at finding factors that influence project team members motivation and how this affects the project performance within the finance industry in a multinational and multicultural setting. It was also to address factors that motivate project team members at the commencement of projects thus exploring how project managers alter them to influence the team member needs and priorities. It is the ...

Part 1

Patrick Lencioni, a renowned leadership and team-building consultant, presents an analysis of how to build effective teams in three videos. These videos are examined as below. In the video Building and Leading a High Performance Team, Lencioni examines the need for a leader in a team. He goes ahead to state the characteristics of a good leader. As discussed in class, Lencioni also points out that the most important character of a leader is to maintain contact with his team. The team can maintain a charismatic relationship with their leader but they should also be free to communicate with ...

Staff Development and Team Improvement

Introduction Davis Healthcare is situated at the heart of California in Davis Town, and it offers services to patients who need some tender care after hospitalization. The healthcare has a home environment which helps the patients stay comfortable and recover with time. However, there is a need to improve the quality of health care in the institution. Staff improvement and team development is a sure way of ensuring that the quality of services offered is optimal and to the required standards (Bendaly & Bendaly, 2012). The paper will analyze various improvement methodologies, the information technology used and various benchmarks against ...

-Negotiation and Conflict resolution guide for team managers

Abstract

The teams are comprised of team members all of whom are complicated individuals that depict range of behaviors when asked to operate as a unit. The manager’s job is to manage the best combination so that the team is able to be high achieving and self driven. This may need an identification of stage in which the team is: Forming, storming, norming or performing. Then the teams have to be individually analysed for specific traits. In this paper, we have discussed this process of analysis and come up with a ...

Introduction

The paper is intended to develop a report about different management styles in the context of industrial or employment relations to compare it with the sophisticated paternalist/ HRM (Human Resource Management) approach. The management styles in employment relations may be different from how it is taken or considered. The preferences and choices of the organization directly impact on its strategies to develop a relationship with its employees (Miller, 1987). The preferences are usually aligned with the dominants of the organization that is directly involved in decision making process of the organization. These preferences of the dominants directly result in ...

The movie Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring that released in 2001 is directed by Peter Jackson. The director makes a hobbit; Frodo Baggins, the leader throughout the movie who fights against all the odds to save the ring that would demolish everyone on earth, if misused. A hobbit in an unrealistic world is similar to a human being with small size consisting of hairy feet, who normally reside in middle-earth, and are known to be fun loving people. Frodo is the nephew of Bilbo Baggins who safeguards the ring from the evil, without knowing the overall ...

IDEO’s Human-Centered Design & The Fun Theory

1.0 Inspiration

Bottom line: When finished with this step, your team will have identified a behavior that could be improved to make a better world and will understand the goal/wish/challenge for which it will seek a solution. Explore behaviors that you would like to improve. Due to the nature of the online environment, and to ensure everyone on the team has the best chance of fully participating, focus on behaviors of family, friends, co-workers, or other similar groups vs. working with the general public. For example: Changing the behavior of library patrons or children on a playground may not ...

Assignment 2: MS Project and Team Leadership

Introduction In any project, having unfocused, disengaged and team members who underperform can be very challenging and can sap the energy out of any vibrant team therefore slowing down business operation. Given proper management and motivation, most of these team members can form the greatest asset for any project manager while the opposite can happen when they work under poor management and where there is no motivation as well as where everyone in the team is demoralized. The choice to have a vibrant team always lies squarely on the hands of the project team leader and as such, the ...

People face communicative issues in their communication at all times, especially such social problems may take place during the group projects. Even though, teams are usually created with the special requirements and people who are the part of the teams should be able to communicate freely and be able to find consensus in any area or topic. However, there is no person who can be seen as perfect. Therefore, communicative issues take place in the organizations and projects that take place there. Special assistance on the behalf of management of such teams is required. It is very important to ...

Effective teamwork starts with a good team. But not every group of people working together can be called a team. The team is a number of people with complementary skills related to a single plan, aspiring to common goals and share responsibility for achieving them. The interests of each team member are secondary. Each team member should have a high professional level, to be able to make decisions and interact effectively with others. Team members depend on each other, or rather the work of one depends on the work of another. Team members share responsibility for achieving the goal ...

The institutional affiliation

1. Patric Lancioni, a famous writer and founder of the management consulting group, explores in his bestseller how and why team dysfunctions appear, using an example of one Technology Company (Lencioni, 2002). Beside the business organizations, this book can be also applied for any kind of a team in churches, schools, hospitals, corporations, sport teams, etc. The work by Wrench, Punyanunt-Carter and Ward (2015) gives in turn more diverse view of the team organization and contrasts it to the group. The main idea here is that not every group is considered to be a team for a number of ...

Assignment 3: Staffing Your Intrapreneurship Plan

Introduction Collaborative learning has become a common trend in multiple universities due to enhanced diversity in the result of globalization. Diverse universities offer collaborative online learning opportunities to corporate students who cannot afford to participate in full-time learning process due to lack of the time and increased responsibilities. In assignment two, the intrapreneurship plan of introducing collaborative online learning was proposed. This assignment is the continuation of assignment to and staffing plan for the proposed collaborative online learning has been proposed in this assignment.

The most appropriate to support intrapreneur idea.

In multiple conventional institutions of higher education, an individual instructor completes a collaborative course development ...

Scrum is a development tool that is used to develop and sustain complex products. It is a frame work in which teams are able to undertake complex and dynamic problems, while creatively and productively creating and delivering products that have the highest possible value

Scrums is a framework used to develop and sustain products that are complex in nature.

Scrum is based on empirical processes control theory, it asserts that knowledge is derived from experience and making decision from what has already been ascertained. Applying an iterative and incremental approach makes it possible to optimize, predict and control risk, three pillars which uphold ever implementation of empirical process control: transparency adaptation and inspection. As ...

Evaluate Team Member (Self) Effectiveness

Introduction The paper presents the self-assessment regarding the ability to work in groups and teams. For the attainment of this purpose, information has been presented in multiple sections that help in gauging strengths and weaknesses, and other aspects that are essential for working in teams and groups.

Self assessment of characteristics of good team member

Most of the jobs contain some elements of teamwork. At many places, teamwork is a mandatory characteristic, if companies want to be a successful story. Thus, being a good team member is a key factor that adds value to career development. Therefore, it is essential to build on team member capabilities. I ...

IOM Core Competencies

The Committee of Institute of Medicine incorporates the core competencies that are required to be acquired by the nursing professionals in order to enhance the quality of care. The current paper aims to enlighten the core competencies by the IOM in order to develop the SMART goals and direct towards the action plan for the effective execution of the objectives. The selected IOM core competencies are as follows: “To contribute in the team work by means of integrating the observations, bodies of expertise, spheres of decision making in order to coordinate, communicate and collaborate with one another so that ...

Q1. In this highly competitive world, teamwork plays an important role as the output of the individuals can be expanded through teamwork. Teamwork has become the most important way in which work is organized in organizations. The idea that work can be delegated to workgroups is supported by different theories such as strategic Human Resources Management (HRM) theory, sociotechnical theory, work design theory, self-leadership theory, and theories of participative management. The strategic HRM theory states that a well-designed HR system that includes teamwork, can affect employee’s job satisfaction, commitment and motivation positively and result in an improved organizational ...

A career in sales and marketing requires a distinctive set of skills and responsibilities. Some of the needed skills are acquired through classroom studies while others are natural. To understand my strengths and weaknesses, a series of tests were carried out. These tests were meant to assess the extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness-to-stability. The other test was intended to assess the emotional intelligence. In this paper, I will evaluate the results and discuss methods that will be used to ensure that my career aspiration is achieved.

Careers Aspiration

I am a junior student, pursuing business marketing and entrepreneurial studies ...

ZARA

Introduction and e- Business background A Spanish group known as Inditex found ZARA in 1975. ZARA is a Spanish clothing manufacturer and the world’s largest and successful clothing retailer. It is a fashion label and a fashion chain store that operates in many countries. The expansion of the company in the international market started in 1988 by opening its store in Portugal. The company has more than 2000 stores in different parts of the world. It is a part of ZARA’s policy that it reinvests a certain percentage of the company’s revenue to open new outlets . ...

Acceptance to Saudi Telecommunication Company

I am deeply grateful that you would consider me a viable team member of the Saudi Telecommunication Company. Words cannot express my exuberance upon receiving the email documenting the performance conducted in my interview with manager Mr. Shazida and HR representative Mrs. Lineria. I am doubly pleased to find out that Mr. Shazida will be the manager that I work under as we have established a great understanding of each other and the expected work that I will be conducted. Mrs. Lineria was very insightful and helpful about the conduct procedures that are expected of all employees and I ...

Our contemporary business world urges people to shift from the individual completion of separate tasks and start collaborating with each other to succeed in meeting the far-reaching objectives of the company. People with different characters and moral values are put into the same workplace environment. They might sometimes be torn by the desire to boast in front of others with their personal achievements and, as a result, the outcome of the joint project or even the future of a company can be endangered. To avoid similar pitfalls, team members should be effectively managed by a team leader, who is ...

Dear Mr. Lawson: Thank you so much for your letter dated April18, 2016 concerning suggestions to encourage effective business communication within teams. This is useful information that can be used to encourage employee engagement while also benefiting the organization and the client. Steps that will enable effective communication within teams include open communication by leadership and team mates, understanding conflict resolution, and building respect and trust within the team environment. Leadership sets the stage for effective communication within the team environment. Effective leaders must understand flexibility within the team structure and encourage individuals ...

Introduction to the SEM and its Features

The sports education model (SEM) is a model that was developed to be used in a physical education class but is now used the world over because of its adaptability to all physical activities. The SEM was developed by Siedentop in 1984, and it was meant to encourage all students to actively participate in sports activities and train coaches to have better skills for developing well-rounded athletes. The model divides the sports education into several concepts as follows: Seasons- the sports take place at specific times throughout the year, and they are typically longer the physical education units. The ...

Part 1: Reflect on planning and implementing a structured behavioral job selection interview including reflection on the Observed Skills Exercise practical application of behavioral skills Structured behavioral job interviews assist in investigating candidate’s future by assessing his/her past performance. The purpose of conducting structured based interview questions is to assess whether the candidate has desired qualities or not. The interview processes enable to get to know knowledge, skills and abilities of a candidate, which helps the interviewer to select the right candidate for the right position. In the structured behavioral interview questions, the questions are formulated on the ...

Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals

Industry placement gave me a great opportunity to learn many things. During the time I spent in the industry placement, I learned how theory is translated into practice. In school, we learn many concepts in various subjects. Sometimes it is very hard to imagine how the concepts apply in practice. The placement offered me a chance to apply the engineering concepts we learned in class. I practically applied basic science and engineering fundamentals in making judgments regarding the specific tasks I was given to handle. I also understood that in some instances there is a slight difference between theoretical ...

The reinforcement strategies applied in team members’ organizations.

Introduction: In almost every organization today, employees are often organized in teams. It is also a common observation that team members and leaders will always want to be appreciated for the work they do. Teams generally comprise of members with unique skill sets, competencies and management skills working under a team leader, and their combined effort is expected to lead to organizational growth. However, teams do not always work as expected even if all members are qualified for the task and thus, there is a need to reinforce their behavior and actions. The reinforcement theory was first proposed by ...

Scenario 1

What theories of team behavior might assist GS in taking on his new role? In the given scenario, GS has been given a team of 24 employees who all have been working in the office for more than 5 years. This shows that all the team members are completely familiar with the organizational culture and norms, and are also well adjusted to their job roles. Furthermore, GS’s active interest in promoting conformity and harmony is also well-liked by all the team members, which also indicate that everyone is on the same page. These factors indicate that the team ...

Introduction

The paper criticality analyses a journal article Leadership and teamwork: Two sides of the same coin prepared by Dr. Victor S. Sohmen. The article is related to the relationship between leadership and teamwork. It is relevant to understand the relationships that exist within an organization and how they support each other in achieving the objectives.

Summary

The main purpose of this journal paper is to show the relationship between leadership and teamwork. Collective efforts of all team members are key to organizational success. Leadership and teamwork are two sides of the same coin. The team motivation is the prime objective ...

A goal-driven Human Resource Professional, I became immensely captured by the topic of transformative leadership during the Military. My ultimate aspiration was to get an in-depth knowledge of the factors that drive individuals to achieve, accomplish something valuable and become better persons in their communities. Having served four years as a leader, and a total of eight years in demanding job environments that required troubleshooting problems, my current aim is to motivate people to such a degree that they predominantly improve in their professional careers. From my all-embracing leadership experience so far, I have acquired wisdom that transformative leadership ...

Management Skills Summary

Management skills are the abilities to complete any tasks effectively using the knowledge obtained from practice and training. Most people have good skills only in some areas, while the set of basic skills of an individual is usually rather extensive. While working on the team, it is of the greatest importance to determine what skills every team member has. It will allow the team to assign each task to the team member more productively depending on the skills he or she has. To build a strong and a cohesive team, every member of the team should identify the skills he or she ...

Reflection of Personal Team Experience

Reflection of Personal Team Experience

Overview

The development of teams could be gauged in terms of standards that contribute to the achievement of defined goals. The current practice team project is to build shelters for the homeless. The team is composed of five (5) members: Gary (me), Jennifer, Mirin, Tan, and Kunar (the team leader). The current discourse hereby presents a reflection of the personal team experience through relaying issues that delve into participation level; the task and relationship issues; team member roles--task, leader, facilitator; and the decision-making, as well as problem–solving styles.

As a team member, I was tasked with ...

1.0 Introduction

Oil wells are the practiced means to extract oil and related components form beneath the earth’s surface. In order to determine if any location contains gas or oil, it is to undertake a drilling project, and that implies a team effort to design a sophisticated oil tracking system. Petroleum engineers projecting the early stages of approval all through oil production formulate a simulation context. Designing oil drilling tracking system involves several skilled minds in the oil industry entailing job performances, engineering schematics to field operations, and project management. Each team member on ...

Intensive Care Unit- ICU

Introduction As I walk to work, I often get to wonder how busy the intensive care unit gets. I have worked as a critical care nurse, for the last six years, in the intensive care unit. The acuity of the patients is unpredictable. Patients get admitted with a variety of medical conditions.

An ICU patient faces life-threatening injuries or illnesses that require critical care. It requires a specialized team of health care professionals to provide the treatments and care needed for such patients in the ICU. The team of healthcare professionals in the ICU includes; doctors, residents, interns, APRN's, nurses, respiratory ...

Introduction

The vast changes in modern and complex health care settings lead to face several challenges by nursing leadership (Reinhard & Hassmiller, 2012). To acquire dynamic roles the nurse leaders need more skills of management to carry out their professional performances. These nurse leaders are also responsible to provide a vision which will motivate the junior staffs and other employees that may help in survival of health care organizations and can achieve high potentials and increased quality in patient care (Spencer et al. 2009). Working in trans-cultural health are requires more skills and effectual communication among all departments and sectors in health ...

Scenario

Marjorie Stevens, an eighty-six year old single mom, decided to move into a large, well-equipped aged care facility (ACF). Her recent stay in respite care resulted from a fall, which led to a hip fracture. While Marjorie’s family has moved some of her belongings to the ACF, she requires an ambulance to transport her from the respite center to the ACF. Something upset Marjorie during the ambulance ride to the facility. Upon her arrival at the ACF, the Health Service Manager of the facility calls for a case meeting to plan Marjorie’s care.

Players

Respite Care to ACF This section ...

Leading virtual teams is very different from leading onsite teams. Virtual teams are much more challenging to manage compared with onsite management. Virtual teams have several benefits to the office and the individual. For the individual, being a member of a virtual team and working at such give the individual a comfort to work wherever and whatever way is comfortable to the individual. If the individual is comfortable working in his bed then the management does not give a damn as long as he can deliver the required outputs. He can work anytime except on scheduled meetings when he ...

Introduction

Hilton Hotels is a global chain of full-service resorts and hotels. The organization is among the market leaders within the hotel industry and is a distinguished name and well-known across U.S and worldwide. The organization started operations under Conrad Hilton leadership in 1919. In 1946, the corporation went public with a portfolio of fifteen properties in eleven states. The organisation concentrated on the domestic growth within the lodging segment and through diversification into vacation ownership and casinos in 1964 after spinning off the intercontinental unit. Hilton Hotels has essentially grown to become the most recognized and successful hotel company in the world.

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National health services is an organization where, I work as health protection director. Health protection requires a strong team to conduct research and development. Team building requires decisions making and effective communication to build a team (Pain, & Harwood, 2009). Before making team, it requires three steps to be considered as a leader(Connor, & Yballe,2007). These three steps are as follow: to evaluate the skills of team members, train the team member and define goals. Knowledge and skills of team members are necessary for productive work. Training of team member helps them to learn quickly. Goals are direction for the team to achieve ...

Introduction

Employees are the backbone of an organization, in fact that entire brainchild of an organization related to the employees of the company, therefore their motivation and consideration should be on a higher level in order to get the desired result from them. In order to enhance the productivity of an organization, the establishment of teams and groups is more than necessary as it applied two different minds on a single aspect which is extremely important and effective at the same time .

Leadership is a behavior in which a leader would be in charge of doing a certain operation and thing to keep the momentum ...

Question 1: I believe that conscientiousness is the greatest strength that I have for my team; my team has many different distinct personalities, and the vast majority of them have very extroverted interests. I think I can put those traits to good use if I led them with compassion and conscientiousness toward their wants and needs, so they will feel valued. I want to contribute to a collaborative spirit with my team so I can bring out the best in them. I believe my biggest weakness is my neuroticism, which seems to be more present than my other personality traits ( ...

Group Development

The stages of group development are the forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning stages. Forming is when the group members are at the stage of getting to know each other. Storming is when each of the group member’s tasks are defined and when tensions are dealt with. Norming is when relationships are built and when the group members already work together. Performing is when the relationships in the group and the performance of tasks have matured. This stage is when the group is pretty much stable on all aspects. Finally, adjourning is when the group’s purpose has ...

For the team to achieve its full potentiality, team members must be answerable to their actions to avoid mediocrity and non productive behaviors. Members of effective team should exhibit higher level of interdependence, cohesion and autonym.

A team member is obligated to; contribute their skills and talents to help the team in deciding on its purpose and goals, deliver on commitments and operate within set standards feeling sense of owning and being accountable to the team for success, take responsibility for elements of the team working on available tasks asserting needs and how best a team can utilize available resources, ...

The purpose of this memorandum is to answer to the memorandum previously received Re: Need assistance in setting process and ground rules for a virtual team. It is understood that the company is creating virtual teams across the eight regions for both finance and operations managers. As agreed upon, each of the teams will be composed of nine members where each is expected to come up with a project plan on the span of ten weeks.

Though the company has a solid project management methodology, it is a neophyte when it comes to the setup of virtual teams thus the need come up with ...

Part I

Six months back, due to transfer of a colleague, a new person joined in my team. The team in which I work comprises of four people and we work very closely and share responsibilities. Due to shared projects and responsibility, we had developed an understanding to assist each other if the work is pending with anyone. However, the transfer of one of the team member and introduction of a new colleague disturbed the dynamics of our team. The day we were introduced to our new team member, I noticed him looking apparently disinterested in initiating conversation. His conversation with us was limited ...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, a best seller by Patrick Lencioni who is a renowned speaker and consultant, was published in the year 2002 and since it’s publication it has helped many organizations in minimizing internal politics and cut throat behavior among employees of an organization. It has been helpful to the organizations in such a way that its effects were seen beyond the companies; in schools, government organizations, non government organizations, judiciary and political arena.

The author has successfully tried to explore the elementary reasons behind the internal politics and provided effective tips to prevail over basic human tendencies that ...

Management Lessons from Whole Foods

Abstract Whole Foods Market, Inc. is the number retailer of natural foods and vitamins. Their success was no accident. Looking at the background of this company will help uncover the key to their success. Additionally, looking at the leadership and management style of their CEO, John Mackey, will shed light on why the company is so successful. This leadership and management style is the building blocks of the company. Many factors such as the company’s culture is a direct derivative of the leadership and management style, which is why this paper will explore it in depth. This paper ...

Leadership can be defined as an act to lead followers that need assistance to complete and accomplish a task. Leaders have some qualities, and every person does not qualify to become a leader. However, leaders are not born but nurtured in the real world. People can learn under the tutelage of a good leader and inspire to become like him or her in the future (Grant, 2012). It is not an easy task, and one has to be very vigilant and be able to learn from different aspects of life and relationships and situations. I have worked as a specialist in the area ...