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What Is Team
Ú A Team is a form of group, but has some characteristics in a
greater degree than ordinary groups, including a higher
commitment to common goals and a higher degree of
interdependency and interaction.
Ú Team is small number of people with complementary skills
who are committed to a common purpose, set of
performance goals, approach for which they hold themselves
mutually accountable.
TEAM BUILDING
Ú A team is a group of people working towards a common goal
Ú Team building is a process of enabling them to achieve that
goal.
Ú Teambuilding is an important factor in any environment, its
focus is to specialize in bringing out the best in a team to
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Examples Of Team
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Awareness:
commitment,
Acceptance
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Conflict:
Clarification,
Belonging
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Cooperation:
Development,
support
Performing
Productivity:
Achievement,
pride
Adjourning
Separation:
Recognising.
Satisfaction
When To Do Team Building
Ú Irritability that diverts attention from work
Ú Decreased Communication
Ú Reduced Trust
Ú Blaming Others
Ú Poor Decision making
Ú Absenteeism
Ú Lack Of Interest
Ú Avoidance of Team interaction-Meeting
Blocks To Teamwork
Ú Silence
Ú Shyness
Ú Doubt
Ú Lack Of Confidence
Ú ¦ear Of rejection
Ú Indifference
Ú ¦ear Of Criticism
Ú Communication Difficulties
Basic Rules ¦or Team Building
Ú Speak up. Don·t be afraid to take risks.
Ú Speak the language you feel comfortable in
Ú Be Positive Thinker
Ú Keep Confidential matter confidential only.
Ú Get Involved
Ú Listen Actively
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Ú Improves Communication
Ú Makes the workplace more Enjoyable
Ú Motivates a Team
Ú A way of getting to know each other
Ú Help Participants to learn more about
themselves (Strengths and weakness)
Ú Improves Team Productivity.
Characteristics Of Effective Team
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committed to the vision, mission, goals, and objectives of
the team.
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discussion and everyone is encouraged to participate. :
Team members feel free to express their feelings on the
tasks as well as on the group's operation.
: The climate tends to be informal,
comfortable and relaxed. There are no obvious tensions or
signs of boredom.
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If there is disagreement, the team must
be comfortable with this and show no signs of avoiding, smoothing
over or suppressing conflict.
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goal is substantial but not necessarily unanimous agreement
through open discussion of everyone's ideas, avoidance of formal
voting or easy compromises.
Well functioning teams encourage creativity and risk taking and
experiment with different ways of doing things. Ineffective teams
often are bureaucratic, low risk and rigid.
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expectations about the roles played by each team member.
Work is fairly distributed among team members.
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leadership functions shift from time to time depending on the
circumstances, the needs of the group and the skills of the
members.
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: Periodically, the team stops to examine how
well it is functioning and what may be interfering with its
effectiveness.
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