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Running head: DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TEAMS
Developing Successful Business Teams
[Amoy Food Limited]
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1DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TEAMS
Executive summary
This study is purposefully aimed at highlighting the importance of developing the effective and
successful teams. The formation of a successful team has been described in this study with the
help of various theoretical facts like the Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory. Such theoretical
backgrounds have shown the ways to construct the effective teams and the managerial skills.
Such initiatives have been adopted in reference to the chosen organisation “Amoy Food Limited”
which manufactures the variety of Sauces and the Frozen Food. The study cites ways to monitor
the team performance in “Amoy” and also the ways to improve the performance.
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2DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TEAMS
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................4
1.1. A description of the characteristics of a team currently to explain how they contribute to
the overall success of the organisation........................................................................................4
1.1.1 Characteristics of successful business teams..................................................................4
1.2. An assessment of the importance of team roles using Belbin and the manager’s role using
Blake and Mouton within the organisation..................................................................................7
1.2.1 Assess the importance of team roles in successful business teams................................7
1.2.2 Analyze the values of using theoretical models when building successful business
teams........................................................................................................................................8
1.3. Using Adair's Action Centred Model on leadership and team formation explain each stage
in relation to developing teams..................................................................................................10
1.3.1 Explain the stages of team development......................................................................10
Task 2.............................................................................................................................................13
2.1 Plan how to motivate team members to achieve given objectives......................................13
2.1.1 Encourage open communication between team members to support team development
...............................................................................................................................................17
2.1.2 Evaluate ways of resolving conflict between team members.......................................18
2.2 Provide a plan and recommendations as to how the team’s performance will be monitored
and improved over the next six months.....................................................................................19
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2.2.1 Monitor the performance of a team against given objectives.......................................19
2.2.2 Recommend how to improve performance against given objectives...........................20
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................21
References......................................................................................................................................22
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4DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TEAMS
Introduction
The purpose of this study is to understand the importance of team in reference to
organisational performance. The purpose is being served in this study with the help of few
effective elements of team management like explaining the features of a successful team and
monitoring their performance. The features being highlighted in the study is of immense benefits
for business operation. The monitoring of team performance is a good way to analyse the
effectiveness of the existing team and bringing the necessary changes to it for keeping this
competitively alive. Effective teams possessing most of the essential elements as believed by
scholarly articles or other valuable resources let an organisation flourish in challenging times. It
happens because such teams are lead by effective leaders. Such teams used to have the diverse
people representing the different way of working. They do not just create the ample of work
dimensions for the management but, also help each other through their varieties of expertise. An
ideal team can have people who can be the good motivator for those who struggles to fulfil their
responsibilities. This is extremely justified in case of freshly recruited professionals. Such
professionals do not just need the required assistance from the leaders but, also need a
cooperative work environment in the team (Schembri and Latimer 2016).
Task 1
1.1. A description of the characteristics of a team currently to explain how they contribute
to the overall success of the organisation
1.1.1 Characteristics of successful business teams
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5DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TEAMS
Types of Characteristics Description
Apparent Vision Successful teams have members that not only
understand the organizational mission but, also
understands the potentiality of each others
Inspirational Leader Inspirational leaders do not just motivate the team
members but, also provide a platform of applicable
tricks that converts the individual potential into a
productive weapon
Team Support This is another very important feature of a
successful team which has members that
understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses
and work in a way to effectively utilize the each
other’s potentials
Productive Communication A constructive communication is one of assets of
successful teams. Such teams have members who
are open to feedback from their colleagues and also
the leaders
Appreciation everywhere Appreciation from everybody associated with the
teams is also very important and make up the team
environment. The success needs to be cheered from
everybody while on failures members must be
encouraged to do better the next time
Table 1: Characteristics of Successful Teams
(Source: Goleman 2017)
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