Team Dynamics and Conflict Resolution in Business Projects

Assignment-1
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Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
1. Why is this case about team conflict? What conflicts do you see developing?...........................3
2. How is distance affecting team dynamics and performance?......................................................3
3. What do you think about the decision to appoint sub-team sponsors? What problem can it
solve? Which problems might it not solve?.....................................................................................3
4. In addition to technical skills, what does this case say about the kinds of skills that must be
considered when staffing important projects?.................................................................................4
5. What kinds of training and development activities would you have incorporated into this
team's efforts? When would you have done them?.........................................................................4
6. Can this project be saved? Can this team? What steps should be taken?....................................4
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction:
The assignment examines different aspect of team dynamics. The elaborations have also been
made upon the training, performance and staffing of employees in the business project.
1. Why is this case about team conflict? What conflicts do you see developing?
The case is about the team conflicts as the conflicts take place while the people start working in a
team for meeting the desired goals of the organisation. The arousal of conflicts happened due to
lack of communication that takes place among the teams and sub-teams. This affects the working
of the employees in a team and employees lack in giving their ideas as they feel their ideas or
opinions are not taken into consideration. The distance among the members also have arisen to
the conflicts and lead to a lack in the transmission of messages (Dominick, 2008).
2. How is distance affecting team dynamics and performance?
The distance affects the performance of the individuals in a team as they lack in effective
communication that needs to be executed in the organisation. This lack of communication
reduced the performance of the employees as the information of messages has not been
transmitted from one person to another. The distance also made the individual resist the changes
that take place in the organisation as the proper guidance of information has not been provided to
them. They were not made to take active participation in the decision-making process.
3. What do you think about the decision to appoint sub-team sponsors? What problem can
it solve? Which problems might it not solve?
The decision to appoint the sub-team sponsors was effective and beneficial as this will help in
reducing the leakage of work. This also helps in accomplishing the work in an effective manner
with proper transmission of messages. This can help in delivering the work on proper time with
the development of informal teams and informal communication among the team members. The
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