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Running head: TEAMS IN ORGANIZATIONSTEAMS IN ORGANIZATIONSName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

1TEAMS IN ORGANIZATIONSExecutive SummaryThe chief purpose of the report was to analyze the importance of teams in modern daymanagement. In order to achieve the purpose, the report elaborated on some important pointsrelated to teams and teamwork. It provided the model of team development proposed byTuckman and then discussed the transition from managerial decision-making process todecision-making by teams. Further, the report explained the ways by which managers couldassist in team effectiveness followed by an explanation of the physical structures in organizationsthat promoted teams. It was then followed by an explanation of social loafing and the principlesof teamwork that could reduce it. The report concluded with an overall summary of the report.

2TEAMS IN ORGANIZATIONSTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................31. Tuckman’s stages in team development......................................................................................32. Managerial decision-making to decision-making in teams.........................................................63. Examples indicating the designing of physical structures to facilitate teamwork.......................84. Ways by which managers can promote teamwork......................................................................95. Overcoming social loafing using teamwork principles.............................................................10Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11References:....................................................................................................................................13

3TEAMS IN ORGANIZATIONSIntroductionThe need for forming teams within organizations increased since the inception ofglobalization that prompted rising competition. Modern workplaces have become morecollaborative owing to the growing pressure on organizations to deliver quality services andproducts and within time (Nielsen and Nielsen 2013).In order to track the origin of teams, one must first understand the changes that took placewithin the different management schools. Probably Elton Mayo conducted the first experimentson the effectiveness of teams within the workplace from 1927 to 1932 (Rowlinson and Hassard2013). The experiment was conducted to understand the influence of teams on productivity. Thefindings led Mayo to conclude that employees within a workplace are motivated not merely bymoney but also by the working conditions and attitudes of others. Mayo’s experiment was amilestone back in the 1930s within the study of teams and was popularized as the HawthorneEffect. Later, with the development of the various schools of management thought that includedthe Behavioral School, which focused on human relations (Martin, Gomez-Mejia and Wiseman2013). It was further expanded in the 1950s when human relations were studied in associationwith the science behind it. Therefore, the concept of teams gradually originated and became aninfluential part of any organization. The report will discuss the emergence of teams and its influence on the modernworkplace and then elaborate on the different models and stages in team development. Inparticular, Tuckman’s stages shall be discussed in the report. Further, the report will focus on thetransition of decision-making from the managerial level to decision-making in teams. 1. Tuckman’s stages in team development

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