Riordan Manufacturing Team Building and Conflict Management
Christopher McCall
MGT/311
February 3, 2015
Mr. Gene Waters
Riordan Manufacturing Team Building and Conflict Management
Riordan Manufacturing is launching a Card Care produce and in doing so is designing a team to care out the product launch. The company is looking to use some employees along with new hires to build the team needed to manufacture this new product. They will be using team building strategies to determine how to put to gather new team for this product and will also be looking at conflict management strategies and conflict management to handle any problems that may come about.
Part I: Strategy Plan There are different strategies that can be used to identify employees for a team. It is very important that when putting a team together the people have skills and are able to work well together. Reviewing their files would be a good place to begin. Looking at performance reviews and their strengths and weaknesses can help to determine what people to use on the team for this new project. This will only work for the current employees. With the new employees that are coming in to work on the project for the new product the data from the interviewing process and past job experience will help to determine how these employees can be best used in the new team that is being developed. There can be many challenges that arise during the development of this team. Employees that
In the area of weaknesses, the biggest challenge was employee turnover. Even with the recession and the current job market good talent could and can be found, but it is hard to retain with the current compensation and benefit plans offered
Prior to completing extensive training and development, it is critical to develop teams so throughout the
In this case, the new teams are breaking up established social relationships. Developing teams may also lack knowledge and/or the skill set required to fulfil their job role, and therefore may affect the morale, confidence and/or efficiency of the team.
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
Team development often requires organisational change and some staff are fearful of change and worried about working with people they do not know. Personality clashes sometimes may become issues. It is important when developing teams to recruit staff with the relevant skills and expertise required and new team members should be inducted in a way that they understand the team working principles and what their roles are so they
Riordan Manufacturing has designed a new heart valve and wants to begin production soon (Apollo Group, 2006). The company projects itself as an industry leader in plastic products in an innovative and team-oriented working environment. The company has created a new CardiCare Valve division at the Pontiac, Michigan, plant and has hired new team superintendents to manage the new CardiCare Valve teams. The teams will include current employees reassigned from other divisions and new employees the company expects to hire. Riordan management tasked the team superintendents with identifying the best strategy for team formation. This paper discusses identified the best suited
Being a fortune 1000 enterprise and leader in the area of plastic injection molding, Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. has gained international praise on producing new and improved plastic designs with their “state of the art design capabilities.” (Virtual Organization) Riordan Manufacturing’s facilities are located in San Jose, CA; Albany, GA; Pontiac, MI; and Hangzhou, China. Some of their products include: plastic drink containers (GA), tailor-made plastic parts (MI), and plastic fan parts (China). All research and development is done at their corporate office in California. With these resources Riordan Manufacturing can implement most any needs a company may have.
A working relationship based on trust, respect and professionalism will enable all members to feel part of a “team” all members should be given the information and any resources necessary to make sure that they can “fulfill” their role . Where there are difficulties these should be identified as soon
Understanding the basics of individual membership in a team and working on job involvement, job satisfaction and motivation of each member can help to form a team that is able to work to its full potential and create outputs greater than the sum of their inputs, as when a diverse group develops creative alternatives. (Robbins 319). Also knowing principles of individual membership in a team the Woodson foundation will be able to avoid common mistakes, which make teams with great potential dysfunctional, for example, setting wrong goals and using wrong tools to
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
The purpose of this paper is to discuss different strategies for team building which helps is overcoming conflicts in a working environment. Based on current strategies available on subject, it tries to figure out some leading challenges to addressed, and extracting the best strategy for team building. It covers analysis of factors and measures for building up a successful team, which serves as a common ground for a progress in evaluation of best strategy for the particular purpose.
Effective work groups must have honest, open lines of communication that flow between all members equally. Members who understand each other's unique communication styles are very likely to move the group in a direction that would be productive. Members should never hesitate to communicate to other members about issues and concerns, as well as share new ideas (Ingram, 2017). Having a group that consists of a variety of professional competencies can help the organization meet a variety of challenges. This is known as diversity of capabilities, another element that is needed. When building an effective work group, it is essential to make sure that each selected team member has the skills and strengths that would complement the skills, strengths and weaknesses of the other members. The group leader must make sure that each member has a unique specialty would allow them to trust each other while understanding what their own contribution is (Ingram, 2017). Adaptability is another element that is needed. The work group would need to be flexible and adaptable, since strategies, goals, tasks, workflows and even members can change. Members should be able to get together and meet new challenges directly, rather than resist change
2. In monitoring this team, at what level and function do you see the most serious problems? Internal task? Internal relational? External?
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
Training & Development: Your employees are your greatest asset. Continual development of your team is important, whether succession planning or planning for growth. Use your people management strategy to identify high potential leaders and employees identifying training opportunities to enhance their performance. You should also incorporate annual compliance training, tuition reimbursement options, and a company reading list.