Understanding Team Dynamics: Factors Affecting Effective Teamwork, Slides of Leadership and Team Management

Download Understanding Team Dynamics: Factors Affecting Effective Teamwork and more Slides Leadership and Team Management in PDF only on Docsity! TEAM DYNAMICS By: Suprina Rai Learning outcomes AGENDA • What is Team Dynamic? • Importance of Team Dynamic • Factors affecting effective teamwork. • Pros of a proper Team Dynamic • Crucial keys for evaluating the effectiveness of teams 5 DEVELOPMENT OF A TEAM Stages of team development: • Storming • Norming • Performing • Adjourning • Forming 6 TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS IN TEAM Benne and Skeats (1948, cited in Payne, 200) divided team roles into following: • Involving the team members • Involving maintenance function • Involving task function 7 ROLES INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS Dominator Exerts authority; interrupts Aggressor Attacks or Criticizes; deflates others’ status Blocker Negative; disagrees without reason Self Confessor Expresses irrelevant personal feelings to receive attention Help Seeker Seeks sympathy through expressing insecurity or confusion Playboy Cynical; lack of involvement Recognition seeker Attention seeker; seeks the important role Special-interest Pleader Masks own biases through pleading on behalf of others 10 TEAM DYNAMIC IN SUCCESS OF GROUP WORK Factors that may reward the success rate of the team dynamics: • More Creativity • True commitment to the goal • Well built trusts among the members • Less conflicts • Formation of team culture • Moralistic bond between members • Idealistic norms and values 11 FAILURE IN TEAM DYNAMIC OF GROUP WORK What might be the cause of team work failure due to team dynamic: • Lack of mutual understanding among the group members • Personal agenda • Less care of norms and values • Careless about own roles and responsibility • Developing conflictions • Lack of trust and belief • No formation of culture WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE TEAM? • Clear mindset and goals • Visible communication • Supports for innovation • High level of participation • Clear roles and responsibility • Competent team members • Effective time management • Values diversity • Effective conflict resolution