Assessment Guidelines For AC1.1, learners need to describe the characteristics of a successful business team. Description should be more than just a list and learners will be expected to show that they understand the importance of the characteristics of successful business teams by giving reasons or examples to support their descriptions. For AC1.2, learners need to link theory and practice in their assessment of the importance of team roles in successful business teams. They should use theories such as Belbin’s team role theory to explain the roles needed in a balanced team, linking it to their assessment. For AC1.3, learners need to analyse the value of using theoretical models when building successful business teams.