How To Have Effective Teamwork - Business Management

QUALIFI LEVEL 4 DIPLOMA IN
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................2
Question 1.........................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Identify the attributes of a successful team............................................................................3
1.2 Review theoretical models and approaches used to evaluate teams.......................................5
1.2.1 Forming...................................................................................................................................5
1.2.2 Storming..................................................................................................................................5
1.2.3 Norming...................................................................................................................................5
1.2.4 Performing..............................................................................................................................6
1.2.5 Adjourning..............................................................................................................................6
Question 2.........................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Assess motivational factors affecting different teams..................................................................8
2.2 Evaluate relevant theory............................................................................................................10
Question 3.......................................................................................................................................12
3.1 Identify different approaches to setting team objectives and evaluating team performance.......12
3.2 Produce recommendations on how to improve team performance.............................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Teamwork is defined as a joint initiative that empowers individuals to produce remarkable
outcomes Scarnati (2001, p. 5). Organizational success is based on effective teamwork but,
bringing a group of highly-skilled individuals together is not sufficient for teams to be
effective. Rather, team members need to be able to work well together in order for the team
to successfully achieve its purposes. The principle of group development and teamwork is
rapidly gaining significance in today's competitive world, when every organization is fighting
to obtain the greatest position in the market. Individual decision making has been pushed to
the background, paving the way for a team management approach to issue solving and
decision making, which has proven to be beneficial to businesses. Because this method helps
both the organization and the individual employee, it has been quickly embraced by
enterprises. The goal of this report is to study the factors of effective teamwork as well as
their impact on organizational performance.
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Question 1
1.1 Identify the attributes of a successful team.
Team refers to when two or more team members work together to complete a job (Yeatts &
Hyten, 1998). The dedication is the most important aspect of teamwork. It is regarded as the
most effective secret that successful organizational teams throughout the world use to
accomplish their objectives (Martin, 2006, p.271). There are numerous characteristics of
successful teams and they are listed in the above table:
Table 1.1.1 Attributes of successful team
Key Attributes Descriptions
Interdependence  Employees rely on one another for accurate
information, meeting deadlines, and working in a
non-hostile atmosphere (Smith,1996).
 Interdependence must be a business's foundation
if collaboration, transparency, and team
cohesiveness are to prosper.
 Synergy emerges as a result, enhancing and
strengthening team success (Francis & Young,
1979)
Interpersonal Skills  Recognize own and other team members' roles,
and acknowledge others for their efforts.
 Build a sense of trust and respect (Critchley &
Casey, 1989) and communicate openly on
progress whether negative or positive
 Respect the confidentiality of any provided
information and all parties' agreements.
Appropriate team composition  Team composition and efficacy, or a team's belief
in its capacity to accomplish certain tasks,
impacts team performance (Bandura, 1982;
Stajkovic, Lee, & Nyberg, 2009).
 The members' duties and responsibilities will be
determined by the team's composition.
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