A Critical Perspective of Team Management and Skill Development for International Business Managers

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Part A: A critical perspective of your individual group work – its process and outcome.
Team management is the potential of an organization or an individual to coordinate
different people with different characteristics to administer a task. In managing a team or
abusiness especially international business management, key factors are held into account
including; communication, formation of a team, objective setting for the group, and for the work
review there is performance appraisals. However, in all these there are negatives and positives
and challenges in managing a team.
Team formation- the positives of forming a team is that it creates synergy and compatibility in
different tasks. A team works better than individualism. In modern day business management,
team formation improve the projects in workplaces as it helps different teams to understand
themselves better. After completing projects together in workplaces, employees can be able to
understand each other’s weaknesses, strengths, challenges and other interests. It is fundamental
for organizations with a common vision to form teams that signifies that employees are able to
work together diligently with a shared goal and common purpose (Banatwala, et al, 2018). The
challenges for team formation is that due to workplace politics, some people prefer not to work
in teams. There is also challenge of putting together an extremely talented team that outshines
other teams in execution of projects.
Team working- working in teams is important as it helps in creating a well-oiled machines that
execute their mandate effectively. It boosts employee motivation and morale in workplace. Team
must have team leaders who is the overall leader of the team and guides it to reach the
company’s objectives. Teams create a sense of ownership in an organization. Teams are able to
make better decisions and give members more control and responsibility. The challenges in team

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working is that decision can take a lot of time since the team wants to make everyone a winner.
Workplace politics may also hinder formation of teams (Cascio, 2015).
Communication- communication in organizations can be top to bottom, bottom to top or even
horizontal. It is culturally dependent and very contextual. Individuals communicate through face
to face, written or even using mediation. Effective communication is important for development
of an organization. it serves a foundation of organizing, planning , delegating, controlling and
motivation. The challenges in communication is that if it is used negatively may destroy the
organization creating animosity and a toxic work environment.
Conflict resolution- this is the process by which parties in an organization that have a dispute,
disagreement or debate reach an agreement amicably while resolving it in a mature manner.
Conflict resolution requires additional skills to solve a conflict effectively in a work place.
Conflict resolution in workplaces can be solved by talking and communicating with each other,
listening carefully to the cause of conflicts and developing a plan to work out the differences
(Crane, and Matten, 2016). The challenges for conflict resolution is that it takes too much time
to solve some conflicts, sometimes some conflicts are too complex to solve and the impartiality
of some conflict resolution experts. It is fundamental for organizations with a common vision to
form teams that signifies that employees are able to work together diligently with a shared goal
and common purpose
Part B: Strengths and weakness in skill development for an effective international business
manager