Team Work Readiness Analysis
In this paper I am composing a brief analysis of my organization’s SharePoint team. This analysis will bring together different information that has been composed within my MGMT 581 Team Building class. The purpose of this analysis is to determine my organizations readiness to support team work. Also, a SharePoint team improvement plan will be included.
Team Analysis
In an earlier assignment I created a Team Analysis. The team analysis was composed around my current SharePoint team within Salt River Project (SRP). The SharePoint Team is a self-managing team. My Team consists of two SharePoint developers, two SharePoint administrators, two SharePoint supporters, and a college intern. I am a SharePoint
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Knowledge, Skills, Attitude
The SharePoint team is well rounded in knowledge and skills. We have entry level positions covered with our intern, all the way to extremely technical positions such as our developers.
Motivation and Effort
SRP has an implemented bonus system which is called EPIC. The manager sets the team EPIC around high level goals for the year. These goals are usually created around the successful completion of known projects needing completion. If my goals are attained by the dates specified, I am awarded an EPIC bonus. My EPIC bonus is usually awarded at 1 percent of my salary for each goal attained. Team members are very motivated to obtain their EPIC, and I have noticed this to be consistent with others as well.
Coordination Strategies
The separated skill sets create an environment that does not need much in the coordination strategy area. My team knows exactly who is responsible for each task as soon as a requirement is stated. However, the problem we have currently is a couple of individuals are consistently handled a larger percentage of the work. The largest complaint around our current planning and task structure is that it is unequal between team members. I am an administrator and have noticed the unequal load. Team members with knowledge tend to become the go-to personnel to assist others their tasks.
Team Performance
The SharePoint Team is responsible for the SharePoint software and
Teams consist of personnel with varied backgrounds, experience, education, and intellectual ability. These differences will, by nature lend themselves to varying perceptions in business, its problems and solutions, which result in
In today’s complex and ever changing environment, organization continue to experiment with new forms of team development. Some of the most successful teams bring together employees with different talents and perspectives. In this research report, my aim is to have a clear and deep research on teamwork and how it affects businesses so that I can help Tina and Frank who is coming back from overseas to start their own business. Before could anybody start their business, it is very important to learn certain aspects. Team work is one among them. I have included some of the important information I collected through my research in order to help Tina and Frank succeed in their business.
Assessment at the team level considers team communications, dynamics, and ability to reach consensus as meetings. For that matter, the amount of work completed and the cycle time for the entire process are evaluated as part of the assessment exercise. On the other hand, assessment at the individual team member level considers how the individual cooperates with other team members, communicates his or her ideas and opinions, and participates in team activities. In this case, the number of viable ideas that the individual presented is determined, accuracy considered, and turn-around time for completion of a unit of work factored. Thus, I learnt that team analysis can be conducted from the team or individual member perspective. The knowledge I acquired from this module will stand me in good stead with the six-week practice placement when I will be required to work within teams (Peacock 2006).
Teams are an integral component of organizational success. They take on many forms and functions and can have various structures. Teams also conduct a wide variety of projects with goals of innovation or mitigation. An example, from my experience, of a project that required the execution from a team was the establishment of a finished goods inventory program within a paper manufacturing company. A project of this magnitude required that a diverse and multifaceted team be assembled.
The features of effective team performance are set out in Brian Tuckman’s phases of team development theory, ‘Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing.’ This outlines the phases that a team will go through in order to become effective and reach maturity. At the ‘Forming’ stage of team development individual roles and responsibilities are unclear and each member of the team is concerned to avoid conflict with each other. From this point the team will go through the ‘Storming’ phase which is when they start to conflict as individuals put forward ideas which will be challenged by others in a bid to gain power and position over others. After this the ‘Norming’ phase follows and it is at this point that individual roles are defined and accepted
Part of being a manager for a company is managing teams. These teams can be created for many different reasons and can have various goals put upon them. Companies want managers that are capable of constructing teams that can effectively meet goals and set standards. The four types of work teams most commonly found in organizations are: problem-solving, self-managed, cross-functional, and virtual. In completing the simulation for this course, I will use cross-functional work teams as a foundation for my investigation of effective team management.
In this paper I will discuss how a team leader assesses how big the team is needed in order to accomplish the task assigned to them. This paper will also discuss the how conflicts can arise while trying to meet their goals. Such as which person works better in certain areas. I will also talk about how a team leader resolves their problems that may accure. In addition I will also discuss if team work will take longer to complete task along with some of its advantages. I will also point out some of the resistors to team work like not have the proper tools or supplies. I will also discuss how to be proactive so
An effective and productive team doesn't just happen. It requires structures, support and processes that encourage development. Team building happens over time. When building and developing a cohesive, effective and productive team you need to determine how your team fits and the roles they play in the organisation. Does anything need to be changed? How and when can these changes be put into action? Organisational, strategic and operational plans need to contain suitable mechanisms for supporting team development.
Set limits on what members can do Teams perform better. Understand individual strengths and weaknesses Optimistic role on diversity Smaller teams are more effective Effective with just enough people to complete task Gives an option Allows to have high and low performing teams All members must share workload Delegate responsibility Allows teamwork
|Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory |
This fable was a great way to promote the importance of a team and its functions. This book had many highlights throughout the context and I would highly recommend it to leaders of a corporation or of that of a team like setting. This book offered many great implications of the model and how to use it in many diverse settings when trying to build and manage successful teams.
The team analysis major areas of concerns are communication, development, and support. General Electric (GE) has established teams to bring about new and creative ideas for the future world of innovations. Because GE’s commitment to the development of advanced technology and employee growth, the company selects members with different levels of training or experience in order to establish new ways of creating electric equipment. This quantitative ability and collective thinking is the reasoning behind forming a team analysis. After the completion of the organizational and team analysis, a task analysis will aid in determining whether a company has
Many organizations today believe that the use of work teams will allow them to produce better products and provide better services, faster, and at lower costs. Using a work team approach can reinvigorate productivity and service provider motivation, and better position an organization to deal with a rapidly changing environment. However establishing effective work teams is not something that comes easy. Though, the benefits of effective work teams within an organization are very substantial, it takes alot of hard work and dedication on the part of management and team members to develop, implement and maintain effective work teams.
People in general are social beings and have a primary need to have relationships with one another. Therefore, working in teams comes naturally to most and often receive the most effective results. A successful team can provide an organisation with numerous benefits such as reducing costs and improving productivity. Unfortunately, there are certain challenges that come hand in hand when working in teams such as an unevenly divided workload and conflict within an organisation. However, organisations are social systems and for them to function effectively there needs to be an emphasis on the importance of relationships that exist within the entity. The best way to utilize
A theory of team working that details the stages of team development that are typical to any type of team