Teamwork Effectiveness: UWTSD Students' Guide to Team Success

This report explores the critical elements of effective team working, focusing on its impact on team success within the context of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. It details practical ways students can develop effective teams, such as fostering good communication, distributing responsibilities based on skills, assigning leadership, setting rules, and providing motivation. The report also discusses the Tuckman theory of team development, highlighting its stages from forming to adjourning. Furthermore, it identifies barriers to effective teamwork, including communication challenges, team management issues, conflicts, unclear goals, and individual agendas, and suggests mitigation strategies. Finally, it outlines essential roles within a team, such as conflict resolver, coach, motivator, facilitator, and route finder, emphasizing the importance of each role in creating a cohesive and successful team. The report concludes that effective teamwork is essential for both personal and professional development. Desklib offers more resources for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Ways that students can develop an effective team at their University...................................3
The impact effective team working can have for team success.............................................5
Barriers to effective teamwork...............................................................................................5
The types of roles that are needed to create a cohesive and effective team...........................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Team working is one of the most essential task which must be done in every organisation
to achieve their goals and objectives (Ellis and Sevdalis, 2019). When more than one individual
work together for same objective then it is called team working. Most of the organisations assign
8-9 employees together for a single task completion and these 8-9 employees are having different
skills which further help the company to obtain one best and easiest way to achieve their goal.
University of Wales Trinity Saint David is founded in 2010 and it is located in UK. This
university is very diverse in relation of demographics, age, gender and many other factors. The
following report covers the ways that students of this university can develop an effective team,
the impact effective team working can have for team success, barriers to effective team work and
the types of roles that are needed to create a cohesive and effective team.
Main body
Ways that students can develop an effective team at their University
It is essential for every university and organisation to create effective teams so that their
team will work according to their skills and talents to achiever the goal for which they form their
team. There are many ways which can develop an effective team which are explained below-
Communicate well- It is one of the basic way to develop a effective team. It is suggested
to students that they can express their ideas openly within a team and share all essential
information to achieving their goal (Davidson, 2017). Communicating well will help the team
mates to express their issues and find appropriate solution of their issues for working in a team.
Hence, this will further help to mitigate the confusion related to vision and mission of their task.
Distributing responsibilities according to skills of members- It is also essential that the
team mates will perform those task only which is related to their specialization. For example, a
team mate who has gained a good skill in finance then that team mate must given those task of
team which is related to finance. This will help to achieve team goals efficiently on time.
Assign a leader- It is also essential that every team must have a leader who help them to
determine direction in which they all have to work to achieve their goal. Leaders are more

essential part of a team who record performance of their team mates and help them to provide
resources to complete their task. Hence, having a leader will make a team effective.
Set rules and regulations for a team- It is also very essential to set some rules and
regulations for a team to maintain a proper discipline (Center, 2018). Students can form a team
and able to complete their task when they follow effective rules and regulations. Such rules are
made to reduce conflicts within an team and enhance their communication skills.
Keep motivating team mates for achieving goal- It is also essential that the team mates
will get motivational factor to achieve their target on regular basis so that they will create a good
interest to work with their team effectively. In context of University of Wales Trinity Saint
David, the team must get a motivational factor like the team mates must have a clear idea that if
they achieve their team goal to make effective presentation for their study then they will get good
marks and can be appreciated by their teacher. This motivational factor will help them to achieve
their team goal as soon as possible. Hence, for a effective it is essential to have strong
motivational factor.
Tuckman theory has been used to develop an effective team for students for performing
their assignment perfectly which is mentioned below-
Forming- This is the stage where team is just formed and the team mates are not aware
about each other roles and responsibilities, behaviour and many other factors.
Storming- Here, team mates communicate with each other to understand their skills and
behaviour (Clarke, 2020). This is the stage where team mates created a perception about each
other as effective or ineffective team mate. In context of University of Wales Trinity Saint
David, the students can neglects to work with each other if they found that the member if not
having any matched skill for completing their presentation. They can create good relation with
each other in this stage.
Norming- This is the stage where team mates start working with each other without
complaining. Here, the main goal of whole team is to achieve their team objective. Here,
students can appreciate each other for their strengths and provide advices to overcome their
weaknesses.
Performing- This is the stage where team mates are settled with each other so effectively
that they can perform their work without any supervision. Hence, this is the stage where students
can build strong trust for each other to complete their presentation.

Adjourning- This is the stage where team disbands after they achieve their team goal
effectively (Bosse and et. al., 2017). This is the last stage of tuckman theory where students can
disbands their team after presenting their presentation effectively to their class.
The impact effective team working can have for team success
There is a positive impact of effective team working upon their success. A good
performing team always focus on the quality of their work. Secondly, a effective team always
have good communication skills and good coordination between their team members. Hence, this
will help a team to share their point of view and make their vision clearly about the team work to
achieve the main objective on time (Sanyal and Hisam, 2018). Effective always have some rules
and regulations which help them to work within discipline and a disciplined team always focus
to complete their team task before due date. Any team is handled by their leaders which help
their team mates to distribute their roles and responsibilities effectively to achieve their set goals.
Hence, team leader of a effective team always try to distribute the roles and responsibilities to
their team mates by keeping in mind about the special skills of their team mates. This will help to
reduce conflicts and achieve team success.
Barriers to effective teamwork
There are number of barriers that directly impact on teamwork. Due to barriers message
may not received by the sender in indeed manner that creates misunderstanding or conflicts.
University of Wales Trinity Saint David consist diversify students in terms of demographic,
background, age, gender as well as experiences. Diversity provides various benefits as well as
challenges to University. Barriers reduce productivity as well as performance of team members.
Some barriers in effective communication are mentioned below:
Communication challenges: In working as a part of team, it is important to communicate
with each and every team members on regular bases. As students of University of Wales Trinity
Saint David come from diversified culture, background that contains different language. Due to
differences in language and view points various challenges are raised that impacts overall
effectiveness and working of team (Greenway and Rees Edwards, 2021). To reduce this barrier,
respected university organises weekly meetings to gain reviews and viewpoints of each
colleague.
Team management issues: In the management system of University of Wales Trinity
Saint David various issues are raised that impacts on effectiveness of teamwork in direct and

indirect manner. Team management issues that includes absence of structure, inadequate support,
pressure of performance and lack of communication that impacts overall team working and its
performance to achieve objectives in best possible manner. University of Wales Trinity Saint
David resolve various management issues that enhances group performance and effectiveness.
Conflicts: Conflicts are defined as the clash of interest among team members. In group
every members has their own opinions and point of views that may be different from other group
members that are the major cause of conflicts. Conflicts impact on overall working as well as
effectiveness of work that is performed by group members. To reduce the level of conflicts
various channels of communications are used by the students to make communication regular
and informative. University of Wales Trinity Saint David enhances mutual understanding as well
as crest effective working environment that facilitates all members to perform defined task in
efficient manner.
Unclear goals and roles of members: Goals, objectives as well as roles of each members
in group should be clear and concise (Salih and Draucker, 2019). If goals of group are unclear
than it impacts on overall effectiveness of teamwork. Assigning roles to team members is the key
of successful teamwork. If students have no clarity regarding their role that lead them towards
confusion as well as lack of cohesion. Due to unclear roles more than one person works on same
task that lead towards disagreement and waste time as well.
Individual agendas: Individual agendas is the major challenge in effective teamwork. If
students have objective of attaining their own personal agendas than whole team than it reduces
performance and effectiveness of team working. University of Wales Trinity Saint David
evaluates and analyse performance of each group member to ensure their contribution in
attaining collective objectives of team. It facilitates students are accomplish defined presentation
in most efficient manner.
The types of roles that are needed to create a cohesive and effective team
There are few roles that are needed to create a cohesive and effective team which are explained
below-
Conflict resolver- It is one of basic role which is needed in an effective team. When two
or more persons with different ideas and behaviour work with each other for same purpose then
it might be possible that conflicts may occur between them. Hence, it is essential that team mates

and a leader must have the role of resolving conflicts by listening all pointy of views and provide
one basic solution.
Coach and trainer- It is essential that a team leader must have the role of coach and
trainer to identify the need of team mates to complete their task (Chiu, Lin and Ostroff, 2021). A
role of trainer for team leaders will help to maintain a good performance for their team by
providing them training on regular basis to enhance their skills.
Motivator- It is essential that a team must have a motivator between them so that they
will encourage power to complete their team objective effectively. A strong motivation is
essential while working in a team. It is compulsory that to provide a motivation like appreciation
of completing task by team, providing them rewards and many others to enhance their will power
and interest to work within team effectively.
Facilitator- Trust and bonding between team mates is key to achieve success for a team.
Hence, it is essential that a team leader must have the role of facilitator which help their team
mates to create trust and good bonding with each other by focusing on their communication
activities.
Route finder and target setter- Every team need to find a proper direction to achieve
their team target successfully. Hence, a team leader plays an important role to identify the target
and the ways to achieve this target by their team mates (Baker, Hengelbrok, Murphy and Gilkey,
2021). It is essential that set targets and the techniques to achieve target should be communicate
properly to team members and make sure that they all understood the same thing.
CONCLUSION
From the above information it is concluded that team working skill is one of the most
effective and useful skill for an individual to achieve their personal and professional
development. There are many ways which is essential to achieve a successful team working like
good communication between team mates, distributing roles and responsibilities according to
team members specialization and many others. Tuckman theory helps to identify the stages to
develop a effective team. It is also concluded that there are many barriers for a effective team
such as communication challenge, team management issues and many others. It is essential that a
team must have few roles and responsibilities to manage their team effectively to achieve their
goal.

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