Case Study: Analyzing Key Components of an Effective Workplace Team

This case study, based on personal workplace experience, analyzes the key components of an effective team. It details the five stages of team development, highlighting the importance of trust, team spirit, and positive work behavior. The case examines the benefits of team building, including enhanced productivity and increased collaboration. It also explores the significance of understanding and promoting positive workplace behavior, outlining strategies such as following best practices, outlining expectations, gauging employee attitudes, and paying attention to employee engagement. The assignment includes references to academic journals and provides a framework for understanding team dynamics and organizational success. The author reflects on their role in enhancing team spirit and contributing to the overall success of the project, emphasizing the impact of positive workplace behavior and effective team-building strategies.

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Organizational Behavior
5/18/2019

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The key component of my effective Team
The case is being presented to highlight the key component of my effective team of which I
am a major contributor to enhancing team spirit within the organization. This case is
highlighting the way through which the team is built in our organization and its benefits. In
addition to this, the case is also highlighting the importance of workplace behaviour and the
issues that influence behavior in the workplace.
The way the team is developed in my organization
There are generally five stages that are followed in every organization for the development of
the team. In my organization, I and my colleagues were assigned to work on a project for
which I was responsible to develop the team by collaborating with the effective and best
candidate for attaining the assigned task. The five stages that were followed by all of us for
the team building are:
Stage 1: Forming
At the forming stage, all the selected members met with each other. All these teammates
never worked before together on single work, so it was exciting because all were experienced
and there was a higher chance of innovative ideas (Kumar, Deshmukh and Adhish, 2014).
However, there was a risk of task failure due to conflicts or misunderstanding among team
members.
In the first stage, we all the teammates were introduced with each other and were asked to
share something about our backgrounds, experience, and interest. We all were involved with
each other and were learning about the project and discussed the objective of the project.
Stage 2: Storming

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With the development of the team, the whole team moves towards the storming stage. This
stage was very essential for us, as all of us never worked with each other before in the past.
This stage was all about competing with each other for acceptance of idea and status. Every
teammate has different opinions regarding what to be done and how to be done which
resulted in different conflicts and arguments. At this stage, we all learned about how to solve
problems independently and together.
Stage 3: Norming
After reaching a norming stage we all started working effectively as a team. We all were
focused on developing new ways of attaining the goal and were not concerned about
individual goals. At this stage, we all started understanding each other and started respecting
each other thoughts and opinions. At the norming stage, we also agreed on working on team
rules together and strategies for resolving issues and conflicts.
Stage 4: Performing
At the performing stage out team started working at a high level. The major concentration
was on attaining the objective as a team. We all were aware of each other and trust was also
build among us. Whatever problem that we were facing, in the team we were easily able to
resolve it and when there is disagreement on any topic we used to work on that. At this stage,
our team leader Mr. X was not involved in any decision making and problem solving. The
team leader was only monitoring the progress of the task which was assigned to our team.
Stage 5: Adjourning
Adjourning was the stage when our project was coming to its end point and the team
members were planning to move again on different directions of their work. This stage in our
organization originally seemed like the well-being of the team in place of managing the team.

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Out team leader ensured that we all get time to celebrate the project success and captured best
practices for our future. Our team was one of the most effective teams which were comprised
of the most skilled and experienced employees who were dedicated to attaining the goal of
our project. We successfully attained our goal with the corporation and collaboration of all
the team makes. The key components of the success of our team were trust, team spirit,
maturity to resolve issues, positive work behavior, and conflicts.
Benefits associated with team building
The benefits that all the teammates and organization attained through our team were:
Enhanced productivity – With the development of the team, the organization was able to
attain increased productivity with the success of the task assigned to us.
Increased Motivation – With the development of the team, all the teammates were able to
increase their motivation of working effectively in a team and attaining success.
Increased Collaboration – With the development of team all the teammates were able to work
in collaboration with any other team also (Tinuke, 2013).
Understanding workplace behaviour can be greatly informed
Positive workplace behavior allows us to make a positive difference in the lives of each
employee. From the above case of the team building, all the employees involved in the team
were experienced and well informed about the benefits of positive organizational behaviour
(Sanyal and Hisam, 2018). All the employees understand the fact that great results come from
great workplace and behavior. All the employees in our team were following the positive
workplace behavior due to which they remained positive even at the time of conflicts among
teammates and challenges in attaining the goals. There are some ways that could be used to
establish appropriate workplace behavior:

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Following the best practices and trends of workplace behaviour - It has been analyzed by my
organization that it is important to have human resource development practices and
procedures that can promote the well-being of the employees and highlighting the
consequences of negative workplace behavior.
Outlining expectations for workplace functions - My organization allows each employee to
enjoy and party but also emphasize on expecting appropriate behavior at the workplace, even
if the party or event is somewhere off-site.
Gauge Employee attitudes - My organization believes that attitude exhibit by the organization
as well as the employee goes hand in hand with the expectations of the behavior. It is very
important for the organization to understand that employee come to the workplace with
diverse expectations and goals. Some may come to search for expectations, others may arrive
with the motivation of attaining leadership position and others may visit to just enjoy the
experience of the workplace (Pravamayee, 2014).
Pay attention to employee engagement trends - Promoting the inclusive and safe employment
of work also reflect rewarding and empowering behavior of the organization for its
employees. Some of the strategies involved in my organization are:
Rewarding self-improvement
Offering context
Supporting independence
Appreciation for the efforts of the employees
The above paper is the reflection case study that has highlighted some of the key aspects of
building the team and the importance of workplace behavior. From the above analysis, it has

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been identified that in order to build a successful and an effective team it is important to have
positive work behavior, trust among employees, team spirit, collaboration, and corporation.

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References
Kumar, S., Deshmukh, V., and Adhish, V.S. (2014) Building and Leading Teams. Indian
Journal of Community and Medicine, 39(4), 208-213.
Pravamayee, S. (2014) Strategy to Develop an Effective Workplace Environment.
International Journal of Language & Linguistics, 1(1), 57-61.
Sanyal, S., and Hisam, M.W. (2018) The Impact of Teamwork on Work Performance of
Employees: A Study of Faculty Members in Dhofar University. Journal of Business and
Management, 20(3), 15-22.
Tinuke, F. (2013) Towards Effective Team Building in the Workplace. International Journal
of Education and Research, 1(4), 1-12.