1. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 1

2. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 2 Introduction We will discuss  Team roles  Making decisions: team rules

3. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 3 Team roles Members of a team contribute to the overall objective and purpose of a team in at least two ways. 1- Firstly, individuals draw upon their own professional and technical knowledge in working on the team task. (Functional role) 2-Secondly, individuals can also play a team role, through the way in which they interact with other team members in order to facilitate team processes and the progress of the team towards its overall goal.

4. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 4 Team roles …continued  Skills audits: each member of the team should summarize what skills they have and can therefore bring to the team. Such a skills audit may help you to identify the functional roles that each team member can take on

5. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 5 Team roles …continued

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9. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 9 Team roles …continued  Successful teams A good coordinator (who might also have the functional role of team leader). A strong plant, who was creative and generated a lot of good ideas. A monitor–evaluator, who could find flaws in proposals that the team developed (based on the ideas that the plant generated) before it was too late. Note: We should stress that Belbin did not suggest that teams should have nine members, each playing one of the roles that were described in Table 1. Instead, teams should be balanced

10. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 10 Making decisions: team rules Preparing to make a decision 1-Set a deadline by which time you must have made a decision. 2-Be sure you know what the problem is, and what you are being asked to decide about. a cause- and-effect diagram is a technique to help you to decide what the problem is (Check figure 1 p2)

11. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 11 Making decisions: team rules …continued 3-Determine what your options for solving the problem are. 4-Examine each option to determine its benefits and any problems it may cause. 5-Decide. When it is time to decide, you may find it helpful to draw up a simple chart of the ‘for’ and ‘against’ points of your decision (Check figure 2 P3)

12. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 12 Making decisions: team rules …continued Prepare make a decision Reaching a decision 1)The autocratic model: applies where one person – usually the team leader or team manager – has either the formal authority to take a decision to which others will be bound. Drawback: when a decision is taken without consultation, is that some or all of the group can be alienated

13. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 13 Making decisions: team rules …continued 2)Majority rules: does not mean that everyone agrees, but at least groups agreeing to agree by majority vote. يجب ان تصوت على اتخاذ القرار لا يعني كل شخص موفق على هذا القرار Drawback: it is possible to become deadlocked if there is no majority: half for and half against. جمود

14. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 14 Making decisions: team rules …continued 3) Majority rules, minority writes a dissenting opinion: the minority writes what is known as a dissenting opinion: it states what a different outcome could be and the arguments as to why that outcome gained their support. إن عرفت موضوع وطلبت أراء الآخرين اكتب أنت لبش معترض على القرار

15. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 15 Making decisions: team rules …continued 4) Consensus: the Quaker model for reaching decisions In any group reaching a consensus requires a number of conditions or actions: being willing to accept that rejection of one’s own proposals or ideas لازم يكون عندك مقدره على قبول الفكره striving to find, in discussion with the other members of the group, areas of common agreement; يحب إن يكون عندك قدره على إيجاد النقاش مع الآخرين في مساحات للحصول على أراء مشتركه

16. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 16 Making decisions: team rules …continued ensuring that those who do not initially agree have a chance to have their say; ensuring everyone has the chance to think about their response to counter-suggestions, changes in wording, and so on; تأكد ان كل شخص له فرصه لعرض فكرته وان إعطاء ألفرصه لاستماع الفكرة communicating as a decision only that which is supported by the consensus. لازم يكون فيه اتصالات بين أعضاء الفريق

17. 30 January 2016M253 Team working in distributed environments prepared by Mrs.Nedaa Hisham 17 Summary  Team roles Members of a team contribute to the overall objective and purpose of a team in at least two ways. اتخاذ القرار  Making decisions: team rules Preparing to make a decision والتحضير لاتخاذ القرار Read The resource sheets carefully. ------------------------------------------------- Good luck and Have fun