MANAGING_&_DEVELOPING_TEAMS

MANAGING & DEVELOPING TEAMS MANAGING & DEVELOPING TEAMS ASSIGNMENT Question (1) “We believe that teams – real teams, not just groups that management calls “teams” – should be the basic unit of performance for most organizations, regardless of size”. (Katzenbach, J R & Smith, D K; the Wisdom of Teams, Harvard Business School Press, Boston.) (a) Critically analyse this statement and discuss whether you agree or disagree with it. Justify you answer. Answer (1) (a) Katzenbach, J R & Smith, D K, go on to say, “Teams are more productive than groups that have no clear performance objectives because their members are committed to deliver tangible performance results. Teams and performance are an unbeatable combination” . Nearly all of us at some stage have been members of a group that we’ve labelled a team, whether it was a sports team, debate team, a committee, a task force at work, or an advocacy group in the community. Essentially, the label of team is given to a group of people who interact well. Nevertheless, it is important to use a more precise definition of a team for two reasons: · We can discern the features a team possesses that distinguish it from a group. · We can identify the features of a high performance team. Groups teams, team, high-performance, performance, members, work, type, group, outcomes, organizations, members’, groups, collective, team’s, sports, smith, organizational, objectives, levels, katzenbach, interpersonal, high, within, whether, way, walton, typically, two, strong, should, share, seem, provide, projects, produce