White Paper: Resolving Trust Issues in Moon Plastics Directed Teams

This white paper explores the problem of lack of trust within the directed teams of Moon Plastics, where new members and past experiences have contributed to tension, inadequate information sharing, low engagement, and lack of transparency. The paper suggests preventative measures, including addressing fear and trust as business topics, embracing contribution as a culture, and leaders taking actions to build trust by bringing members together and creating platforms for resolving disagreements. By focusing on open communication, transparency, and fostering a culture of trust, the paper aims to provide a roadmap for Moon Plastics to improve team dynamics and project outcomes. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and resources to aid students.

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The busy day of a manager means various problems will be encountered. However, as a
manager, he or she hopes that the problems will disappear with time of which the problems
rarely disappear. To avoid these problems as a manager, he or she should become proactive. The
manager should try his or her level best to address the issues hence creating successful team. By
being proactive it helps to improve the outcomes of the project. It also helps to benefit each and
every one within the team to become productive. Therefore, an exploration will be done showing
the problem of lack of trust that was experienced within the directed teams of Moon Plastics.
The team experiences a lot of problems that are related to trust. The members of Moon
Plastics do not trust each other. This has created a lot of chaos within the group because trust
plays a crucial role towards team building. The members do not want to familiarize themselves
with the new incoming members because of the past experience they have encountered. In the
past, some members have gone against the ethics and conduct of the team by isolating
themselves from others and forming small groups. This is because some members feel that some
people are not worth working with. This has created tension within the team. The end result for
this is that the members within the group are not understanding each other. There is war of words
whereby some team members are using abusive language against others. Some members are not
engaging others in team work activities. This is because there is no human connection due to
trust issues (Shaw, Marini & Mattern, 2013).
However, the issue above was never experienced by the members of Moon Plastic
Company. This is because in the previous years there was no any complain neither
discrimination amongst the members themselves. This problem started when some new members
joined the team. Therefore, the problem is not appropriate since in the beginning there was no
such kind of an issue. Lack of trust amongst members has led to creation of many problems

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within the team. Lack of trust has caused inadequacy in information sharing. Knowledge will
never be power if it is never shared amongst the people. Without knowledge, there will be no
wisdom and sharing of skills. Information sharing benefits members of the team a lot. This is
because through information sharing, the project undertaken will become a success. Information
sharing makes the team to grow and grants the team power of moving ahead. The other problem
that has been created within the members of Moon Plastic due to trust is low engagement. Team
members do not engage each other. This has made the members not to be committed to their
roles. Members do not have that drive of wanting to go an extra mile. Engagement leads to
involvement. Through involvement, it is very impossible for the members of the team to become
detached. Lack of trust has also led to people not becoming transparent to each other. If there is
no transparency, trust will suffer greatly. With transparency, there will be high expectations for
progress within the team. However, transparency starts from the top management. The senior
members should lead as an example. They should act as role models for the rest of the team
members. This is because team members will always follow the character and behavior of the
leaders within the team. Therefore, if there will be transparency then it means there will be a
positive progress within the team.
In relation to the above issue that is experienced by Moon Plastic, there are various ways
of preventing the problem. One of the ways is to come up with topics that are related to fear plus
trust as the business topics. This may be a hardest step for a leader to take but it’s very essential
towards building the trust of the team. This can be achieved through the actions taken because it
is well known that actions tend to speak louder than the words. As the leader of the team, my
actions will determine the trust for my team members. Trust building can also be achieved
through embracing culture. This will be done when I will hold meetings whereby I will invite the

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team members to give their thoughts. Embracing contribution as a culture to the team will help to
air out the problems that are related to trust. Finally, as a leader to the team I will take some
actions that will play a role towards building trust that is needed among the members. I will
achieve this through bringing all the members together and talking to them closely about the
importance of trusting each and every member within the team. I will try and create a platform
that each and every member will use to air the problems wherever there is a disagreement (Aga,
Noorderhaven and Vallejo, 2016).

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References
Aga, D. A., Noorderhaven, N., & Vallejo, B. (2016). Transformational leadership and project
success: The mediating role of team-building. International Journal of Project
Management, 34(5), 806-818.
Shaw, E. J., Marini, J. P., & Mattern, K. D. (2013). Exploring the utility of Advanced Placement
participation and performance in college admission decisions. Educational and
Psychological Measurement, 73(2), 229-253.