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Hrm/531 Work Teams

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Work Teams In my current work environment every department is laid out in a work team structure. This mode of communication and work structure is a very accurate way to work and conduct business. I know in my current team we all work together and with seamless efforts. We are able to create an even and smooth work balance and work load working as a team. In our team we back each other up in every aspect. The best part about our team and its functions is the ability to cross train in each other’s job, so if anyone is out we can keep the team running without creating a lot of backup work. If team members have the wrong mental models, which is particularly likely to happen with teams under acute stress, their performance suffers (Robbins …show more content…

These teams don’t have the successful workflow like my current team. The teams face micromanagement and narcissism from their direct upper level management. Which makes the team consistently tense? They don’t communicate or work together as a team should. They always have a cut throat temperament about the team and they consistency try to one up each other and in this process they create extreme tenseness in the office. As Robbins and Jude state in our course work if a team has the wrong mental model in turn their performance suffers. In this situation the teams are under the wrong mental model with the constant micromanagement. Other teams in our office have similar situations where they have inefficient mental models from their upper management. Where their team performance is impacted in a negative way. One example of this in particular is productivity standards. All departments and teams have similar productivity standards. But upper level management of different teams enforce the productivity standards in different ways. The methods of the other management teams have created mental models that cause poor morale with certain teams which in turn creates poor

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