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Team

Running head : EFFECTIVE TEAM BUILDING

Effective Team Building

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Effective teams are a result of healthy leadership . The role of a team is to use their skills in a complementary manner to attain success . The team is committed to a vision . Effectiveness results to team synergy that is the summation of the whole team rather than the sum of individual contribution . The main ingredients of team members are unification , interpersonal relations , and inter-dependencies under healthy leadership . Motivation continually inspires members to action

Benefits are continuous personal development through unlimited support by other members , commitment to excellence resulting to high turnover constructive criticism and conflict resolution sooner rather than later Success is measured by sustainability of the organization . Ineffective leadership leads to low morale , reduced productivity and alienation

Effective Team Building

Today focus has shifted towards teams . For a group of individuals to become a team they need three basic components : a vision , focused commitment to that vision and be few in number

Systems thinking ' is when the organization is a function of the people and process and not isolated or people are forced to behave in a certain manner in relation to the immediate environment which is the social construction of reality ( Crother 2006 . For one to get to the core of the problem , then the whole has to be viewed as a function of basic components or parts . It allows the leader to become an effective problem solver especially for success and survival , or when those from unco-ordination between team-members hence roots out the source of problems with understanding . Therefore , stimulating members is paramount before maximizing efficiency , for sustainace

The restructuring strategy of Cole (1995 ) involves downsizing organization to allow for creative freedom and team formation is usually to accomplish a vision shared by individuals with different talents and skills that complement and ultimately stimulate each other to achieve personal and company success , thus team synergy which is the greater summation of the whole than the sum of the individuals

Both Deming and Ackoff (Crother 2006 , foresaw the role of collective organizational understanding and practicing this concept allows better schooling in understanding and identifying problems consequently making informed decisions corprately or individually

Prebble (2007 ) notes that there are differences between teams and groups exist . For example , team members understand that collective goals of the team are superior to their own individual goals . It fosters cohesive working amongst each other . Cole also views goals as easy to remember challenges that inspire action from members . Open and honest communication allows no room for disagreements . However , Argyris (Crother 2006 , discovered conflict existing amongst team members and between the leadership which destroys progress and broods fear and restriction , but when members complement each other the skilled leader is able to back up the team when problems inevitably arise and still make head way

Secondly , individuals are encouraged to trust each other . Inherent interdependencies allows for unselfish coexistence with mutual benefits because individuals are best suited for tasks based on...

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