Responses needed -Team managment

Hi Dhaval,

The course was full of new learning experiences and every lesson learned will help me in my career. I learned about teamwork and how important it is. A team might contain the best and most skilled team members but if the team fails to work in coordination then the success of such a team becomes dark. Teamwork not only includes coordination between the team members but also includes the proper assignment of responsibilities, keeping a regular check on the work progress, being present for each other at the time of need and working together in order to fulfill the assigned project or work responsibility (Soni, 2020). I learned that even the most difficult tasks become easy with teamwork. A team comprises very diverse members which makes it obvious that conflicts will arise due to differences in opinion. But conflict management should be carried out in a proper way to ensure that the team continues to work together in harmony. I learnt the skill of team management and conflict management (Sogancilar, 2018).

The skills acquired from the course are very relevant to by profession and it will help me to grow in my career. The skills will help me to stand out in a crowd and get recognized by the employer. I will use the knowledge and skills while working in a team. I will make sure that I keep my selfish motives aside and work together for the success of the team. Even while working in the team I will try to prove my worth so that I become an important member of the team. I will present my opinions and views although it might result in a conflict situation I won’t present my opinion with the intention of arguing but will do so with the intention of helping the team in the decision-making process. I would listen to the opinions of every other team member and try to figure out how relevant the opinions are. The required skills and knowledge will also be helpful for me while working as a team leader (Henker, 2017).

Hi Jyostna,

Team management is a crucial part of any organization. We know that at some point or the other in our professional lives we will work in or closely with a team. The information age is progressing towards a highly collaborative initiative (Karl,1999). This course covers a lot of important aspects that are extremely relatable to working in teams. One of the factors is the need to cover academic studies so as to make our discussions that much more solid. This not only helps us understand the context better but also broadens our perspective when we go through numerous cases studies and academic journal. Another great way of learning more about team management is to work with teams during the course. This, for me personally, added that practical touch to the course where we could implement what we learned as we learned them. This, I feel, is a great way to learn as it not only helps us understand the concepts but try to implement it and that way learn more about it based on the success or challenges we had during the implementation. 

As someone who has always worked in IT, I come across collaborating with other teams and working with one on a daily basis. This course has helped me acquire new skills but also helped me understand why things happened the way they did in my previous undertakings. So now, as we come to the conclusion of the course, I feel that I have more skills in my arsenal of knowledge that would help me function better in a group. We learned a lot about the leadership roles in a team. This will be my most valuable takeaway based on the career trajectory I have envisioned for myself. We also learned a lot about transactional and transformational leadership techniques. I believe this will come in handy for me to either adapt to or implement in the teams I will work with in the future. These new skills will be an asset for me as the next step in my professional career is to become a manager. This would mean working with a multitude of teams and therefore having the opportunity to bring some new innovative ideas to the table, thanks to the takeaways from this course.

HI Siddharth,

I am incredibly happy and privileged to have taken the Team Management course. I am a software professional who is proficient in data analysis, critical thinking and good at basic understanding of Team management. I am a good team player with decent oral communication skills and critical thinking. But I always lacked the skills of general team management and interpreting what is best for my team in terms of organizing, making profit, smart finance decisions and the over-all growth of my company.

 This course helped me understand the importance of an effective team to the organization, and how the team should be managed according to the organizational structure. Generally, team management is a difficult task because a team consists of people from different regions and of different attitudes. Team management course taught me how to manage the diverse team and how to reduce the conflicts within the team. This also helped me in learning what qualities the team leader should possess and which methods should be followed for managing the team effectively. When the team is effective the productivity of the organization increases and thus there is a high increase in profits to the organization. The importance of team building can also be known, as when there is a strong working relationship with the team members it helps to create a positive work environment, so the employees tend to work faster and efficient.

 The new ideas obtained should be considered and implemented, and those employees should be identified and rewarded accordingly. This helps in gaining employee satisfaction and this helps in retaining the employees in the organization. The leader should also set some rules according to the team performance and ensure that all the team members follow them without fail.  As we know that a team is a heart for any organization, and if the team management skills are acquired by everyone, it helps in making the team efficient and thus it will be beneficial for the organization.

 This learning can be used in future for making the team effective when we work in a team and we can how to work in a team. This also helps in maintaining a good relationship with the remaining team members and knowing all the strategies that help in improving team performance. Without the knowledge of team management, it would be very difficult to follow the team rules and work in a team effectively. I will apply my new knowledge to increase my performance being as leader for the team and to train the team to handle the projects successfully, I will also identify the conflicts and issues within team members and work effectively using my skills and knowledge to avoid the conflicts and issues by finding helpful solution to increase both productivity and performance.