Obstacles In Teamwork

A major concept that we have learned about in our nursing 182 class is Teamwork. In this concept analysis we will see the conceptualization of teamwork, and critical attributes, related concepts and various cases, and illegitimate uses of team work. Teamwork is essential in the nursing field and this analysis will show just how important it is.

According to Cummings and Worley (1997) there is a five-phase process for managing change, including: motivating change, creating vision, developing political support, managing the transition, and sustaining momentum. Motivating change involves creating a work environment that embraces change and developing approaches to overcome any resistance to change. The general guidelines include: enlightening members of the organization about the need for change, expressing the current status of the organization and where it should be in the future, and developing realistic approaches to change.

“Helpful Tips for Collaboration in Group Work” provides an excellent template of what it looks like to be a part of something greater than one’s self. It articulates in writing things that I have discovered oftentimes through the hard way with things going wrong in group projects. Like many, I share the frustrations of doing 90% of the work in a group project, in my case it was building a lego robot in the 6th grade. My partner and I had a blast dreaming up the possibility of bringing a robot to class for a project about industrial technology, but that same passion was not transferred to the workload. I relate to being the domineering partner also, through many cultural presentation in the 9th grade where I insisted on controlling the direction of everything the group was doing. If my group members had only known how to use humor and directness as described in this article the group as a whole would of been much more productive. I discovered the importance of setting clear attendance expectations when members of the leadership team I was a part of did not consistently show up, and we did not know what to do because there were

Collaboration is very important in this process. Setting goals requires that a client be truthful about their strengths and weakness. Sometimes we feel we are strong in some areas when in fact we are not. This is why it is important that the case manager establish a relationship with the client to asked questions to determine their strengths and weakness. The client will be more open to discuss their needs and the case managers will be able to guide the client into listing his or her goals that are achievable. Collaboration is also important when writing the objectives, because the case manager will have to be included in the plan.

2. As a Canadian volunteer, you have been in country for 2 months. You are working with the partner organization and you notice one of the local staff is not coming to work on time, and not completing any assigned duties. A member of your team starts to complain, and says that the team should alert this to the Country Manager.

There are both obstacles and opportunities that exist for teams. Team members should be aware of both to ensure that their team is efficient and effective in meeting their goals.

Being successful is always challenging as part of a group or team. There are number of reasons why this is challenging, such as a number of people involved and everyone’s cooperation, agreement, commitments, contribution, combined effort and shared values are required (McClean & Collins, 2011). Group work demands common goals and agreements, mutual understanding, more discussion which is sometime hard to manage to some extent (Détienne, 2006). Recently, I got the opportunity to become a part of MGT210 assessment group of four members. Personally, I feel that our group work was successful to some extent. We managed to develop relationship which is a criteria that indicates successful group work (Ismail Al-Alawi, Yousif Al-Marzooqi, & Fraidoon

Working in collaborative teams you can always have that one person who is late or never does anything and makes up the most excuses. Nonetheless my greatest experience was working on a sociology project based on everyone’s background in the group, but focusing on different topics. This was different because it taught us a lot about each other almost like doing an open discussion about our native backgrounds. Therefore this group presentation stood out not only due to culture but everyone cooperated. We exchanged numbers to the head of the group so that everyone can be contacted in scheduling meetings for brainstorming or for those who missed class for whatever reason. While doing this we set up a team agenda which one team agenda listed to

Google’s HR team members, should have definitely been instructed ahead of time, in teamwork competencies. The HR team, would have benefited from orients team to problem-solving situation. Additionally, the team would have known that they, must collectively work together to achieve the goals of the group. Understanding teamwork competencies, will assist a team to becoming successful. In other words, every team should have an understanding of the situation it is facing, as stated by (KSA, 2016) “problem Solving – Identifies and analyzes problems; distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical decisions; provides solutions to individual and organizational problems.”

Communication is essential to any team project. To effectively complete a team project, all team members must be able to complete their given task in a timely manner. In a situation where we don’t have a team leader, I will assume our boss to be the team leader.

The teamwork competencies are used as foundational measurements to determines how effective the team is during problem-solving and evaluate teamwork effectiveness. The efficiency of a team’s collaboration performance based environments. The five teamwork competencies that Kreitner & Kinick (2013) discuss in the text assist, teams in organizations with establishing the framework to succeed and become effective. If Google’s HR team members were instructed ahead of time in the teamwork competencies, there should have been more focus around organizing and managing the team performance. According to the text, this competency allows teams to establish “specific, challenging, and accepted team goals” as well as “address feedback on team performance” (Kreitner & Kinick, 2013, P. 306)

Listed below are 10 barriers that affect teams, why they exist, and how one might overcome the barrier.

Working in teams was always challenging when growing up. The author always felt people were taking advantage of her commitment and desire for everyone to collaborate. It seem like been exited or responsible about a project gave the perception to everyone else in the team that she wanted to do everything. When in fact all the author desire was to see everyone working together and to learn from different ideas and how their background knowledge or values will influence the assignment. Unfortunately, that was usually not the case and the reality of personality’s differences came to clash; there will be a lot of back and forward to make decisions and actually execute things. In many instances the author will find herself trying to be a

What are the advantages and disadvantages of working in teams? By reference to relevant theory show how can the disadvantages be reduced or avoided.

3. The team must have competent team members. A team should be educated and trained properly so as to be able to solve the problem that they face. They should be competent enough to do the level of work required.