People in Project Management: Belbin Team Role Analysis Report

This report presents an analysis of Belbin team roles and their application within the context of project management, drawing upon the author's experiences and integrating relevant theories of team dynamics. The paper begins with an overview of Belbin's team role theory, emphasizing the importance of understanding individual roles within a team to enhance overall performance. The report references two draft academic papers discussing the author's personal experiences in the military and the application of Belbin's model in various project scenarios, including the SSL project. The papers highlight key concepts such as self-perception inventory, interpersonal conflict, and the five stages of team development. The analysis incorporates feedback on the academic papers, evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the research, and offering insights into the critical evaluation of literature and the application of research-informed concepts. The report concludes by summarizing the findings and emphasizing the significance of effective team dynamics and role distribution for achieving project goals and maximizing team performance. The report also includes references to relevant literature, supporting the arguments and providing a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.

DRAFT ACADEMIC PAPER NUMBER 1
Knowledge And Understanding Of Subject: reflect knowledge and understanding of material;
display mastery of a complex and specialised areas of knowledge and skills; awareness of current
problems and/or new insights at the forefront of the field.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): The research article discusses about the team role
of Belbin self perception inventory assessment in integration with the theory of dynamics. The article
discusses about the experience of the author in military with an integration of various theories.
These experience are related to the roles from the self-perception inventory of the Belbin team role
(Omar et al 2016)
Cognitive/Intellectual Skills: ability to evaluate methodologies critically and, where appropriate, to
propose new hypotheses; deal with a range of complex issues both systematically and creatively,
making excellent judgements in the absence of complete data.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): People are working in a group in order to
accomplish some an objective. A team is required in order to collaborate and accomplish a goal.
This paper deals with the 9 months mandatory military period. The hierarchy in the military unit are
described in this paper. The hierarchy include general major, permanent grade officers, lance
corporal and the soldiers. The article deals with the orientation tool by which the team roles in the
military can be distributed. The various stages of development of team are also discussed in the
paper (Gander et al 2018)
Research Skills: employ skills to conduct research and, where appropriate, advanced technical or
professional activity, accepting accountability for related decision-making; displays grasp of
techniques applicable to own research or advanced scholarship; shows originality in application of
knowledge, and understanding of how established techniques of enquiry create and interpret
knowledge in the discipline.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): In this research paper, the self-perception inventory
and the dynamics theory are discussed. The self perception inventory is the perception of the author
about the roles in the Military. The paper provides various graphs about the self perception
inventory and the other people about the roles in the military. Project team dynamic is very
important for a project. A team need to work together in order to accomplish a target. An individual
performance can be easily beaten by a team work. The report discusses about the 5 stage
development model that includes forming, storming, norming and then adjourning. These five
stages are very important for the teams.
Use Of Research-Informed Literature: evaluate critically, with exceptional insight, a range of
literature relating to topic, current research and advanced scholarship in the discipline; use of
appropriate academic conventions and academic honesty; able to communicate arguments,
evidence and conclusions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): According to (Ruch et al 2018) a team work that is
well functioning has been linked to maximized satisfaction of work and performance. However,
there is always a paucity of research in various kinds of roles and responsibilities in a team. This
research article discusses about behaviour of roles in a team. The article also discusses about an
instrument in order to evaluate various roles in a team and evaluates their strength of characters
and satisfaction of job. The findings of the paper support the essential role of strengths of character
in a work environment.
Skills For Life And Professional Employment: demonstrates academic communication skills and
ability to write at publishable standard.

Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): Therefore, from the research article it can be
concluded that teams are very important in order to accomplish a goal and the roles in the team are
very important.

References
Gander, F., Ruch, W., Platt, T., Hofmann, J. and Elmer, T., 2018. Current and ideal team roles:
Relationships to job satisfaction and calling. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 4(3),
p.277.
Omar, M., Hasan, B., Ahmad, M., Yasin, A., Baharom, F., Mohd, H. and Darus, N.M., 2016, August.
Towards a balanced software team formation based on Belbin team role using fuzzy technique. In AIP
Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1761, No. 1, p. 020082). AIP Publishing LLC.
Ruch, W., Gander, F., Platt, T. and Hofmann, J., 2018. Team roles: Their relationships to character
strengths and job satisfaction. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(2), pp.190-199.

DRAFT ACADEMIC PAPER NUMBER 2
Knowledge And Understanding Of Subject: reflect knowledge and understanding of material;
display mastery of a complex and specialised areas of knowledge and skills; awareness of current
problems and/or new insights at the forefront of the field.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): The article discusses about the team role in Belbin
and the interpersonal conflict in a team. Team dynamic is very important in a team and it makes a
team accomplish its objectives. The report discusses about the introduction of the SSL project and
provides a report of the team roles of Belbin (Chen, Chang and Chang 2017).
Cognitive/Intellectual Skills: ability to evaluate methodologies critically and, where appropriate, to
propose new hypotheses; deal with a range of complex issues both systematically and creatively,
making excellent judgements in the absence of complete data.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): In order to upgrade the performance of a team, it is
essential to focus on the dynamics of the team with in a business. According to Belbin, every person
in a team has various characteristics and they are categorised into roles of nine team with various
contributions to the team. The categories of team roles include thinking consisting of specialist and
evaluator, people consisting of co-ordinator, investigator and team worker, action consisting of
implementer, shaper and finisher. These three categories of people must exist in a team in order to
accomplish a goal.
Research Skills: employ skills to conduct research and, where appropriate, advanced technical or
professional activity, accepting accountability for related decision-making; displays grasp of
techniques applicable to own research or advanced scholarship; shows originality in application of
knowledge, and understanding of how established techniques of enquiry create and interpret
knowledge in the discipline.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): The article discusses about the introduction to the
SSL project. The SSL project is developed in order to replace all the special facilities that exist in a
building. The main role of the author was to manage the members of the team and their results. The
project has a very short deadline. There have been various complexities between the teams of
design and the subcontractors. Interpersonal conflict in inevitable in a team but it should be
minimized in a team in order to accomplish a goal efficiently and quickly. The article provides a
report of the team role of Belbin. The report describes that there are is a good match between view
of the author and the observers. But there is a distinction between the observers and the self-
perception of the author (Nawaz and Gomes 2020). The author describes that due to the complexity
of the interaction of team and various factors, the composition of team roles can be changed. There
are various factors that the author describes that decide behaviour of an individual as team. These
factors are responsible in order to develop distinctive behaviours of working.
Use Of Research-Informed Literature: evaluate critically, with exceptional insight, a range of
literature relating to topic, current research and advanced scholarship in the discipline; use of
appropriate academic conventions and academic honesty; able to communicate arguments,
evidence and conclusions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): According to (O'Neill and McLarnon 2018.) the
authors reviews the relationships with team performance and innovation. A model known as the
dynamics of team conflict is used in order to connect the conflict profiles. This model considers
various dynamics by reviewing transformation of conflict and other factors over time. This model
also implements design of team and the environment of organization.

Skills For Life And Professional Employment: demonstrates academic communication skills and
ability to write at publishable standard.
Feedback commentary (minimum of 50 words): therefore, from this research article it can be
concluded that interpersonal conflict takes place in a team but it is the duty of the team leader or
any other member of the team to minimize or eliminate the interpersonal conflict in order to
accomplish a goal

References
Chen, M.H., Chang, Y.Y. and Chang, Y.C., 2017. The trinity of entrepreneurial team dynamics:
cognition, conflicts and cohesion. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
.
Nawaz, N. and Gomes, A.M., 2020. The Relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and
team performance: The mediating effect of team conflict. Available at SSRN 3520345.
O'Neill, T.A. and McLarnon, M.J., 2018. Optimizing team conflict dynamics for high performance
teamwork. Human Resource Management Review, 28(4), pp.378-394.