TEAM BUILDING AND GROUP DYNAMIC

A team is a small no of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, common performance goals, and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Differences between groups and teams

groups 1.leadership; formally established 2.accountabiity; individual 3 performance;sum of individual output 4. orientation; comman goal teams 1.Shared ones 2.Shared and individual 3.Collective 4.Comman commitment

Benefits from team

Better quality of work life, reduced stress Enhanced performance Reduced scrap, fewer errors Reduced turnover, reduced absenteeism, cost reduction Teams result in better quality decision Teams results in improved processes Team work contributes to global competitiveness Team benefit management through organisational enhancement

Types of teams
Work teams

Virtual teams

teams

Problem solving teams

Management teams

Implementing teams in organisation

1. Planning the change 2. Making the decision 3. Implementing the decision

Team issues
performance

reinvigorating

teams

tqm

leadership

Effective team work

Cooperation Trust Communication Support Respect Fairness Leadership in teams

Typical teams in organisations

Quality circles: these are small teams of employees who meet for a few hours each week to identify quality and productive problems, propose solutions to management and monitor the implementation and consequences of these solutions in their work area. Ex; Mahindra and Mahindra, BHEL, BEL

Self managed teams

Also called as empowered teams, ex; reliance, titan, phillips.etc Characteristics of self directed teams are, 1. They plan, control and improve their own work processes 2. They set their own goals and inspect their own work 3. Create their own schedule 4. Prepare their own budget

Group dynamics
Meaning A collection of two or more interacting individuals with a stable pattern of relationships between them who share common goals and who perceive themselves as being a group.

Group characteristics

interaction

Two or more people

members

Shared goals

Types of groups
Formal group

Task, standing task Friendship,interest, reference

In or out

In group Out group

Change of memership

Closed group Open group

Formal and informal groups

Formal group It is deliberately created to perform a specific task. Members are appointed by the organisation Hierarchy of authority exists.ex:research and development, management team, etc. 2 types, standing task group, a task group

1.Standing task group also called as command group, is permanently specified in the organisational strucure and consists of a supervisor. 2. Task group: the group comprises employees who work together to complete a particular task or project, they stay together till the the task is Completed.

Informal groups are natural formation in the work environment which appear in response to the need for social contact. 1. Interest group; ex, working mothers asking for day care facilities, flexi time. 2. Friendship group; ex, marital status, political views, college affiliation etc 3. Reference group: race, gender,politics, religion etc

Open and closed group open groups differs from closed groups in four aspects- changing membership, frame of reference, time perspective and equilibrium. Frame of reference: employees bringing new ideas Time perspective: short term and long term planning Equilibrium:refers to the process of restoring to the balance and stability from imbalance and instability.

In groups and out groups

The groups to which we belong are in groups and groups to which we do not belong are out groups. Ex: ones community, state, national rivalries, etc

Why do people join groups

Needs for security Esteem Affiliation Power Identity

Organisational functions of groups

o Working on a complex and independent task o Generating new ideas o Creative solutions to solve problems o Facilitating the implementation of complex decisions

Stages of group development

Mutual acceptance

New tasks New members

Communication and decision making

Control
organisation

Motivation
productivity