Types of Interventions

 Team interventions
 Used to improve the performance of work teams.  Problem diagnosis Task accomplishment  Maintaining team relationships improving team & organizational         

processes Forms of team building interventions Analyze the reason for the existence of team, objectives of the team & how the team prepares the action plan for the accomplishment. General critic of the team Team leader & members decide about the need for the diagnostic meetings. Information is collected through whole groups, or subgroups or pairs of individual. Half a day duration Meeting. Based on the need formal meeting is conducted Action plan is prepared Guidance towards the achievement of the goal.

Types of Interventions
 The formal group team building meeting  Aims at improving relationship between team

members & their effectiveness.  Meeting is initiated by manager or team members under the supervision of external consultant.  Issues are prioritized Responsibilities are assigned to each member  Action plan is prepared.  Meeting is conducted away from the work place.

Types of Interventions
 Gestalt approach to team building  Focuses on individuals based on psychotherapy.  Self awareness is essential  Accepting as a whole as it is (+ ve, -ve)  Awareness

know-how Authenticity Accepting responsibility  Negative feeling can be resolved through confrontation  Practiced by trained practitioner

Other exercises used for team building

        

Role analysis Technique (RAT) John Thomas The role defined is known as focal role Defining the role by team members Expectations, suggestions by team members Preparation of role profile explaing the authority, obligation of the role Role clarity is achieved Role negotiation technique ( RNT)- Roger Harrison Resolving conflict by making some compromises RNT consultants act as a negotiator between the conflicting parties

Other exercises used for team building

 Steps during RNT  Contract setting       

Ground rules submitted in written

format Issue diagnosis what kind of change is expected Hoe change will affect on performance. Negotiation period ( 2 days) Discussion of most important changes required from each other Expectations from each others Content of the agreement in written format Follow up meeting

Other exercises used for team building

 Forced field analysis- Kurt Lewin  Used for understanding problematic situation & for planning corrective           

action. Two types of forcesDriving forces forces for change Restraining forces forces resisting change Equilibrium can be obtained to get desired outcome of the change program Essential stepsDefining current problem situation Desired condition Identifying driving, resisting forces Strong & weak forces are identified Strategy to move from current condition to desired condition Implementation of action plan

Other exercises used for team building

           

Intergroup team building interventions Improves intergroup relations between work teams Easy flow of communication StepsOD practitioner meets the leaders of the groupfor understanding the requirement. A & B two groups meet separately & are asked to write about the attitudes & perceptions towards each other, problem related to group etc Group also tries t o anticipate what the other group would write Exchange of written information Understands the communication gap Helps in soarting out many issues Unresolved problems are again discussed Helps to improve interactions