Team Dynamics
Present By:Madhow Sailesh Hasley,Hau Teen yee Fabrice
What is a team?What makes a team effective?What makes a team defective?Why teams?Stages of team/group development
Team Dynamics
What are Team Dynamics ?
Relationships between members of a group that are assigned connected tasks within a company.
Group of two or more People.
Dynamics are affected by roles and responsibilities and have a direct result on productivity.
Types of Team
1. Problem Solving Teams:
• Temporary teams inspect a problem
2. Cross Functional teams:
• Formed unexpectedly, using rented resources.• To develop products or solving problems.
How Team Dynamics can be improve .
Team Work. Understand each other. Show Respect to each other.
Team Dynamics- How They Affect Performance
Team dynamics are a very important part of working life
The profitability of an organization.
Whether people enjoy their work.
Staff retention rates. Team and individual
performance. Company reputation.
Why informal Teams Exist
• Emotional Support
• Accomplish a Goal
• Social interaction
T-ogether
E-ducated
A-chieve
M-ore
Aims
Better communication Skills.
Pulling together resources to achieve set goal.
Support and interdependence.
Increase bond of trust.
Tolerance of other’s views.
Team Design Elements
• Task Characteristics Easy to implement Task Interdependence Share common outcomes
• Team Size Smaller Teams are better But Large are enough to accomplish task
• Team Composition Members Motivated Team diversity
Stages of Team DevelopmentForming
Storming
NormingPerforming
Adjourning
Team Cohesivene
ss
External Challeng
es
Team Size
Member interacti
on
Team success
Member similarit
y
Difficult Entry
Causes of Team Cohesiveness
Team Cohesiveness Outcomes
Want to remain membersWilling to share informationStrong interpersonal bonds Want to support each otherResolve conflict effectivelyMore satisfied and experience less stress
Cohesiveness and Performance
High productivity
Moderate productivity
Lowproductivity
Moderate to low
productivity
High
High
Low
Low
The Trouble With Teams
• Individuals better/faster on some tasks• Process losses — cost of developing and maintaining teams• Companies don’t support best work environment for team dynamics• Social loafing
Conditions for Social Loafing
Low task interdependence Individual output not visibleRoutine, uninteresting tasksLow task significanceLow collectivist values
Type of Team Building
• Role definition• Interpersonal process• Goal setting• Problem solving
