Objectives

This course offers to teach students the importance of raising groups and turning them into passionate teams in organizations. It gives understanding of how individuals as team players must behave in teams.

Contents
Introductiontoteam Transforminggroupsto teams Typesofteams Stagesofteambuilding anditsbehavioral dynamics Teamrole Interpersonalprocesses Goalsettingand problemsolving

TEAM Ateamisagroupofindividuals,allworking
togetherforacommonpurpose. Theindividualscomprisingateamideallyshould havecommongoals,commonobjectivesandmore orlessthinkonthesamelines.

GROUP Anumberofpeopleorthingsthatarelocatedclose
togetherorareconsideredorclassedtogether. Agroupisdefinedas2ormoreindividuals, interactingandinterdependent,whohavecome togethertoachieveparticularobjectives. Canbeformalorinformal.

 Totransformgroupsintohighperformingteams,thebusinessneedsto

TransformingGroupstoTeams

develophighdegreesoftrust,opencommunication,participation,and constructiveconfrontationskills. Groupmembersmustperformallofthekeyworkfunctionsofadvising, innovating,promoting,developing,organizing,producing,inspecting, maintaining,andlinking. Also,individualswithappropriateskillsandinterestsneedtobe matchedtotheirpreferredworkfunction,byorganization'sleaders. Finally,highperformanceteamsneedtoapplyteambuildingtechniques aimedatimprovedworkingrelationships.T

 Theprocessofimprovingteameffectiveness includescontinualdatagatheringandanalysisto assessmentareasneedingimprovement.Also, problemsolvingtodeterminesourcesandsolutions toproblemsandtrainingaccompaniedbyexercises tobuildtheskillsandprocessesnecessaryfor continualhighperformance.

DifferencebetweenGroupsandTeams
Groups Strong,clearlyfocused leader Individualaccountability Theirpurposeisthesame asoftheorganizationand percolatesfromthetop. Productivityislargelyasa resultofindividualsinthe group Teams Sharedleadershiproles Individualandmutual accountability Thepurposeisbroader thanwhatpercolatesfrom thetopandisacceptedby theteammembers. Productivityislargelydue tocollectiveteamefforts.

Contd.
Runefficientmeetings Encourageopenended discussionsandactive problemsolvingmeetings.

Measuretheir effectivenessindirectly Measureperformancedirectly byassessingcollectivework bytheirinfluenceon output others