Performance Standard/Criteria/Objective

The following 8 criteria are some of the most significant performance objectives:

1. Skillset

For a team to perform well, each of its members needs to possess some specific skills,

for instance, computer skills if the team is performing work related to IT. These skills should

be evaluated before the team is devised and their usefulness should be frequently analyzed

during the process as well.

2. Roles

Every team member is assigned a different task, or a few people are assigned one

task. Whatever the case, but each member of the team should know what role they are

playing so as to make sure that the objectives are fully met at the end.

3. Planning

No team is able to perform well if they don’t have a well thought out plan before

starting. Thus, the planning step is very crucial for a team’s performance, as the better the

planning the better the performance.

4. Cultural differences

It is unrealistic to expect that every member in a team is coming from the same

cultural background. Thus, cultural differences are a very common part of a team and the

team as a whole needs to be open minded about this versatility. As cultural diversity brings

about different experiences and prospects to the team, thus increasing the teams’ productive

potential (Boud et al., 1999).

5. Interpersonal Relations

The team members being on good terms with each other, greatly influences the team

work. If the various members do not seem to get along with each other, they will not be able
to effectively work in the presence of each other. Therefore, the team needs to have good

interpersonal relations.

6. Outside assistance

Outside assistance, such as help from books, other experts etc. should be considered

more of a team work necessity rather than an insult. To say, for a team to fulfill its goals, its

members should know when help is needed from outside sources. As according to Anderson

(2001) utilizing information from various sources encourages group learning and

productivity.

7. Discipline

Discipline is that one magic ingredient that every successful team possesses. Not just

in terms of the plans and actions but even the people working inside the team should follow a

disciplined pattern, so as to effectively follow the timeline and its respective objectives.

8. Productivity

The team should not only be smart enough to make an excellent plan and work on it

in an organized manner. Instead, the efforts should be practical enough that they lead to

productivity. In other words, the end point but most important one is the level of productivity

the team is able to achieve.

 References

Boud David, Boud J. David, Garrick, John (1999). Understanding Learning at Work.

Psychology Press

Anderson, Mary (2001). Reflecting on the Practice of Outside Assistance. Berghof Handbook

for Conflict Transformation. ISSN 1616-2544