Organizational Theory Case Study: Team Dynamics and Conflict Analysis

This assignment presents a case study analysis focused on team conflict within an organizational theory context. The solution thoroughly examines the impact of leadership styles, specifically autocratic leadership, on team dynamics and communication. It explores how physical distance between teams in France and the United States influences performance and cohesion. The analysis evaluates the effectiveness of appointing sub-team sponsors as a strategy to mitigate conflict and improve communication, while also addressing the limitations of this approach. Additionally, the assignment highlights the importance of professional skills alongside technical skills when staffing important projects and suggests appropriate conflict negotiation skills, such as open communication and active listening, to resolve identified issues. The solution draws upon relevant academic references to support its arguments and recommendations, offering a comprehensive understanding of the case study's complexities and potential solutions.

Running head: ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
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Question 1: Why is this case about team conflict? What conflicts do you see developing?
Answer:
Followed by a thorough analysis of the case scenario it is identified that collaboration of
team members is one of major conflict that has impacted the effectiveness of Vigilance Project.
Considering this identified concern a thorough investigation has been conducted with the
purpose to determine the primary reason behind this conflict. From the investigation it is
observed that the leaders are creating the conflict of team management and collaboration due to
the use of autocratic leadership management style, which has affected the communication with in
the team member as well as the impacted the trust development between the members and the
leaders of the team (Dominick 2008).
Followed by this identification it is observed that the due to this behavior of the project
manager, the worker of the same project are following two different work culture which holds a
significant impact on the performance effectiveness of the project teams.
Question 2: How is distance affecting team dynamics and performance?
Answer:
In this project distance has majorly impacted the team performance as it is identified from
the case study that this project has two teams located in France and United states. The physical
distance of the teams are negatively influencing the team performance by impacting the cohesion
and communication between the team members as these two dynamics are very important to
enhance the team dynamics and team performance (Hochhauser, Weiss & Gal 2018).

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Question 3: What do you think about the decision to appoint sub-team sponsors? What
problem can it solve? Which problems might it not solve?
Answer:
Decision of appointing sub-team sponsors are effective as this strategy could mitigate the
team conflict by assisting in communication within the team as well as to improve the
understanding of the team tasks (Chen & Rybak 2017). Thus, it can be stated that this is one of
the best action towards improving the team performance as it could solve significant problems
like team communication, and offers variety of alternatives with the purpose to solve the
problems of the team members. However, in the nominated case scenario it would be very
difficult to enhance the trust factor with the leader by appointing sub-sponsors.
Question 4: In addition to technical skills, what does this case say about the kinds of skills
that must be considered when staffing important projects?
Answer:
Along with the focusing on the technical skills of this project it is very essential to
concentrate on the professional skills as this project has mostly suffered due to lack of leadership
skill and very poor professional knowledge (Hochhauser, Weiss & Gal 2018). Thus, it I very
essential to focus on these factors while staffing as this could impact the performance of the
teams significantly.
Question 5: What conflict negotiation skills are most appropriate for this case?
Answer:

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In order to mitigate the identified conflicts it is identified that in this case it is very
essential to adopt few conflict negotiation skills such as the open communication strategy,
conflict handling skills as well as the ability of active listing. The above mentioned strategies has
been suggested as these strategies could have enhance the communication as the understanding
of the project activities (Hochhauser, Weiss & Gal 2018).

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Reference:
Chen, M. W., & Rybak, C. (2017). Group leadership skills: Interpersonal process in group
counseling and therapy. SAGE Publications.
Dominick, P. G. (2008). The vigilance project–a case study. Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM).
Hochhauser, M., Weiss, P. L., & Gal, E. (2018). Enhancing conflict negotiation strategies of
adolescents with autism spectrum disorder using video modeling. Assistive
Technology, 30(3), 107-118.