Good day, everyone. We are going tackle about the module 7 entitled with Groups and Teams.

What do you think

are their differences and how are they related with each other?
So, let’s find out in this module.
In this part of the module, I’ll be discussing the different types of teams. But first, let’s define the team and group.
Team defined as a collection of people, who are linked together to achieve a common or particular objective. It is
structured and organized.
A team consist of members with skills or expertise to aim at the desired team goal collectively.
While on the other hand, Group is also a collection of people or individual with some common characteristics, traits,
or purpose which ethnic group can be one of the examples.
So, let’s go on with first type of teams which is Cross-Department Teams
This type of teams tends to have a low complexity level but a high team membership fluidity, meaning that the work is
fairly simple but the teams are committed and fairly unchanging. Their goals is integration in structure and setting
ground rules, and their focus is internal and very specific.
: A cross-functional team is a team in which the members have different skill sets, but are all working towards a
common goal. It often includes people from different departments and from all levels of the organization, though it
can also include participants from outside the organization.
: allowing you to optimize your efforts to achieve goals faster with less waste.
Cross functional teams help organizations put their customers first, by encouraging effective communication across
teams.
Bringing people together with different perspectives can improve problem solving and lead to smarter, more
sustainable decision making. Instead of competing for resources, cross functional teams collaborate to optimize use
of time, money, and effort to improve customer satisfaction while helping to meet organizational goals.
Next is Process Teams

Process teams deal with high complexity tasks and have high team member fluidity, meaning people are
assigned to the team and stay. These folks are creative problem solvers and deal with implementation.
Their focus is strategic and broad.

Process Team is an organized group of people responsible for implementation of methods and techniques required
for carrying out one or more processes. Members of the team are supposed to work collaboratively towards
accomplishing process-based endeavors and initiatives.
Process teams are often assembled for projects that are driven by process-based methodologies, for example
PRINCE2 and Business Process Reengineering. The idea behind a typical process team is that teammates should
focus on an input-output approach to carry out assigned processes. The approach assumes that after team members
are provided with some inputs (e.g. data and tools), they try to transform these inputs into desired outputs by
consuming or using available resources (such as time, funds, technology etc.). The transformation is carried out
under guidelines and rules defined and provided by supervisors and team leaders.

A typical process team usually consists of a number of members who perform the following 4 roles:
Process Manager who creates a framework for managing processes and provide guidance to the team.
Technical Leader who leads the team and ensures that the framework is appropriately embedded into the team
environment.
Process Engineer(s) who perform and maintain processes of the framework.
Assistants who document outputs of the framework.
Next is Simple Work Teams
This teams have low task complexity and low team fluidity. Their goal is simple problem solving, and often they are a
group that supports day-to-day activities, dealing with issues that require input from more than one person or to
generate commitment from employees. Usually these are people from a same team or department, so they generally
have a similar focus and tend to work together relatively easily.
• Administrative Teams
Five people fist bumping over laptops on a desk an administrative team has high task complexity but low team
membership fluidity, meaning that the problems the team deals with are complex but people stream in and out of the
group. The goal of an administrative team is to problem solve and then “sell” their ideas to the rest of the
organization. Their focus could be internal, external, or both, and the team members are usually management level.
Virtual Teams
It's worth noting that there are now also virtual teams, which are teams that use computer technology to tie together
physical dispersed members in order to achieve common goal. It is true that these virtual teams might be an
administrative, cross-functional, simple work or even a process team, but they are distinctive in that they allow people
to collaborate online.
Self-Management Teams
Self-management teams (SMTs) are commonly used process team used in organizations. Self-management teams
are process teams of employees who have full managerial control over their own work. Self-management teams
require a change in structure on behalf of the organization and a high level of commitment on behalf of all parties to
ensure their success. Most self-management teams that fail do so because of a lack of commitment on the part of the
organization