Objectives

This course offers to teach students the importance of

raising groups and turning them into passionate teams
in organizations. It gives understanding of how
individuals as team players must behave in teams.
Contents
y Introductiontoteam y Teamrole
y Transforminggroupsto y Interpersonalprocesses
teams y Goalsettingand
y Typesofteams problemsolving
y Stagesofteambuilding
anditsbehavioral
dynamics
TEAM
y Ateamisagroupofindividuals,allworking
togetherforacommonpurpose.
y Theindividualscomprisingateamideallyshould
havecommongoals,commonobjectivesandmore
orlessthinkonthesamelines.
GROUP
y Anumberofpeopleorthingsthatarelocatedclose
togetherorareconsideredorclassedtogether.
y Agroupisdefinedas2ormoreindividuals,
interactingandinterdependent,whohavecome
togethertoachieveparticularobjectives.
y Canbeformalorinformal.
TransformingGroupstoTeams
y Totransformgroupsintohighperformingteams,thebusinessneedsto
develophighdegreesoftrust,opencommunication,participation,and
constructiveconfrontationskills.
y Groupmembersmustperformallofthekeyworkfunctionsofadvising,
innovating,promoting,developing,organizing,producing,inspecting,
maintaining,andlinking.
y Also,individualswithappropriateskillsandinterestsneedtobe
matchedtotheirpreferredworkfunction,byorganization'sleaders.
y Finally,highperformanceteamsneedtoapplyteambuildingtechniques
aimedatimprovedworkingrelationships.T
y Theprocessofimprovingteameffectiveness
includescontinualdatagatheringandanalysisto
assessmentareasneedingimprovement.Also,
problemsolvingtodeterminesourcesandsolutions
toproblemsandtrainingaccompaniedbyexercises
tobuildtheskillsandprocessesnecessaryfor
continualhighperformance.
DifferencebetweenGroupsandTeams
Groups Teams
y Strong,clearlyfocused y Sharedleadershiproles
leader y Individualandmutual
y Individualaccountability accountability
y Theirpurposeisthesame y Thepurposeisbroader
asoftheorganizationand thanwhatpercolatesfrom
percolatesfromthetop. thetopandisacceptedby
y Productivityislargelyasa theteammembers.
resultofindividualsinthe y Productivityislargelydue
group tocollectiveteamefforts.
Contd.
y Runefficientmeetings y Encourageopenended
discussionsandactive
problemsolvingmeetings.
y Measuretheir
effectivenessindirectly y Measureperformancedirectly
bytheirinfluenceon byassessingcollectivework
others output