1. Principles of Management
Teamwork
Principles of Management

2. Objectives IDENTIFY attributes of effective teams.
IDENTIFY how team dynamics affect the work environment.
DETERMINE roles and responsibilities in a given scenario.

3. Teams
“The key to success in any organization is the effective use of resources. Productive teams and teamwork in appropriate applications or situations can be the best example of using personnel effectively.”
(Scholtes, 1988, pp through 1-20)

4. Purpose of Teams
To bring together people to work together to achieve a common goal that they could not achieve independently.

5. Characteristics of Effective Teams
Diverse
Creative
Productive
Goal oriented

6. Attributes Common to Effective Teams
Good and inspiring leadership
Goals with set expectations
Commitment and trust
Effective communication
Open-minded, do not be dismissive
Recognition

7. Team Dynamics Floundering Overbearing participants
Dominating participants
Reluctant participants
Unquestioned acceptance of opinions as facts
Rush to accomplishment
Attribution
Sea stories: Digression and tangents
Feuding team members
(Scholtes, 1988)