Unit 19- assignment 1- task 2
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Subject: Understanding how teams develop
Introduction: This report is going to be about team building, team performance and team cohesion. I will also include some examples of team work that I have been involved in over the last couple of weeks and how we worked.
Team Building: Team building is when employees are seen working together rather than individually. Team building can be used in many different environments, for example, Businesses, schools and charities. Team selection involves identifying potential team members with a specific contribution to make a team. For example, in one of the activities that I participated in, we had to build a tower with only 9 straws, 4 pieces of A5 paper and 4 paper plates. It had to be over 5ft tall and was allowed no support. My team consisted of Myles whose role was team leader and he fell under Belbin’s role summary of a coordinator, Chanel who fell under Belbin’s role of specialist, Patrick who fell under Belbin’s role of Team worker, Polly who was a Plant and me who was an Implementer. Team selection will be concerned with identifying a range of personality traits, such as being able to listen or encourage others. The team leader will need to know everyone’s strengths and weaknesses. Belbin, as mentioned above, identified ways in which people behave and has categorised their behaves into specific roles needed to make a good team. Such roles were:
Plant – Creative and free-thinking
Team worker - Caring, person orientated and improves communication between team members.
Coordinator - Ensures all resources are used effectively
Specialist - Self-minded and dedicated
Implementer – Reliable and turns ideas into actions
Staff development is an important role for team leaders. Planned staff development is the process of identifying development opportunities that meet the needs of individuals with your team- new skills which can help them with work. Bruce Tuckman studied the development of teams and
From:
Subject: Understanding how teams develop
Introduction: This report is going to be about team building, team performance and team cohesion. I will also include some examples of team work that I have been involved in over the last couple of weeks and how we worked.
Team Building: Team building is when employees are seen working together rather than individually. Team building can be used in many different environments, for example, Businesses, schools and charities. Team selection involves identifying potential team members with a specific contribution to make a team. For example, in one of the activities that I participated in, we had to build a tower with only 9 straws, 4 pieces of A5 paper and 4 paper plates. It had to be over 5ft tall and was allowed no support. My team consisted of Myles whose role was team leader and he fell under Belbin’s role summary of a coordinator, Chanel who fell under Belbin’s role of specialist, Patrick who fell under Belbin’s role of Team worker, Polly who was a Plant and me who was an Implementer. Team selection will be concerned with identifying a range of personality traits, such as being able to listen or encourage others. The team leader will need to know everyone’s strengths and weaknesses. Belbin, as mentioned above, identified ways in which people behave and has categorised their behaves into specific roles needed to make a good team. Such roles were:
Plant – Creative and free-thinking
Team worker - Caring, person orientated and improves communication between team members.
Coordinator - Ensures all resources are used effectively
Specialist - Self-minded and dedicated
Implementer – Reliable and turns ideas into actions
Staff development is an important role for team leaders. Planned staff development is the process of identifying development opportunities that meet the needs of individuals with your team- new skills which can help them with work. Bruce Tuckman studied the development of teams and