Leadership: Teamwork, Collaboration, and Group Dynamics Analysis

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of teamwork and collaboration within a leadership context. It explores the fundamental differences between teams and groups, emphasizing the necessity of collaboration in achieving shared objectives. The assignment discusses the key elements of effective teams, including mutual dependency and common goals. It then examines the significance of team roles, drawing upon models like Belbin's Team Roles and personality assessments such as MBTI, to highlight how diverse team member characteristics influence team dynamics and performance. The assignment also addresses the importance of effective team behaviors, such as communication, accountability, and conflict resolution, while also touching upon Google's Project Aristotle. Ultimately, the assignment underscores the value of individual contributions, and the pursuit of collective achievement over individual glory within a team setting.

Teamwork and
Collaboration

The importance of working with people
 Reflect on the following
Why would anyone need others to work with? Many
people are talented and can do their jobs themselves..
Do you agree?

Team versus Group
 From your perspective, what is a team?
 How many teams have you been involved with?
 Is team different from a group?

Teams are a set of two or more people who are different from
others and are required to fulfil a given task or achieve a
given objective. They are required to interact, plan and act
together for the desired outcome (Bondevik et al. 2015).
The primary elements of a team are:
 Multiple members
 Mutual dependency
 Common or shared goal
Team?

Team
 Group of players who form one side in the competitive
games
 Come together to achieve the common goal

 “a collection of three or more persons who interact
about some common problems or have
interdependent goals and can exert mutual influence
over one another” - Wilson and Hanna (1990)
Group?

Group
 Employees in a single department doing different
duties, are a group
 Students in a class, is a group
 Passengers in an airplane, is also a group
 Family members, is a group

Drop the following elements in the
relevant box
Teams are important when
there are:
 All elements are in the
next two slides
Teams are not important
when there are:

A team is needed for various tasks
 Work in different locations
 For handling variety of customers
 Different working shifts
 For different mindsets and ideas
 For Shared workload
 For Achieving higher performance
 For more flexibility in work

Teams Are not Important When
 Tasks are easy
 Tasks require little communication
 Information is entirely held by one person
 Task can be carried out without knowing by the person
what other person is doing

How being in a team is helpful?
 They think together (brainstorming)
 They share innovative ideas
 They do number of tasks in the same time
 They encourage each others by communication
 They encourage each others by showing progress
 Team members get a break while work is doing by others
 They support each others
 Their group ideas are always better than individual idea (critical ideas)
 As human - Social interactions is a great form of happiness
 They increase our performance collectively
 They solve problems effectively

Learning in teamwork
Theories are not sufficient only to cover all aspects of
how to build a great team and how to become the great
team player. It is also about “willing to learn more” from
experiences. A life long learner will usually address their
own mistakes and learn from it.
Team members vary in their experiences, knowledge and
backgrounds; working as a team is a great opportunity
for those member to learn from.