BSBWOR502 Lead and Manage Team Effectiveness
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CHAPTER 6
Ensure team effectiveness
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Learning objectives
- LO 6.1 Describe the characteristics of different types of teams, the five stages of group development and four general team roles.
- LO 6.2 Integrate team purpose statements, key result areas and SMARTTA targets in a team performance plan.
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Learning objectives (cont.)
- LO 6.3 Outline leadership and management behaviours that facilitate a positive team culture and high levels of performance.
- LO 6.4 Explain why managers need to liaise with management and other stakeholders.
- LO 6.5 Describe how ethical behaviour enhances an organisation's image.
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Introduction
Essential requirements for effective team performance include:
- a sense of purpose and a clear-cut mission
- meaningful performance objectives or goals for each team member
- work approaches, procedures and processes designed for efficient and effective task accomplishment
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Introduction (cont.)
Essential requirements for effective team performance include:
- support for the common purpose and individual responsibility of each team member's role
- an appropriate mix of skills, experience and expertise required to accomplish team purpose and tasks.
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6.1 Types of teams
Teamwork is the cooperative effort by members of a group or team to achieve a common goal.
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6.1 Types of teams (cont.)
Types of teams:
- project work teams
- self-managed work teams
- cross-functional teams
- virtual teams
- management teams.
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6.1 Types of teams (cont.)
Stages of team development:
- Stage 1 – Forming
- Stage 2 – Storming
- Stage 3 – Norming
- Stage 4 – Performing
- Stage 5 – Adjourning
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6.1 Types of teams (cont.)
Team leadership and management
Table 6.3 Differentiate between leadership and management
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6.1 Types of teams (cont.)
Effective leadership behaviours:
developing a vision and setting goals
making jobs meaningful
representing and supporting team members
giving feedback
developing teamwork
coaching and mentoring
counselling members.
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6.1 Types of teams (cont.)
Team member roles:
task-related roles
maintenance-related roles
liaison-related roles
dysfunctional roles.
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6.1 Types of teams (cont.)
Qualities of high-performance teams
Figure 6.1 Qualities of a high-performance team
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6.2 Plan to achieve team outcomes
Enhanced performance and teamwork
Figure 6.2 Enhanced performance and teamwork
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6.2 Plan to achieve team outcomes (cont.)
Team purpose statements
- A team purpose statement helps team members achieve their accountabilities by identifying clearly what is to be done, how it is to be done, when it will be done and who will do it.
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6.2 Plan to achieve team outcomes (cont.)
Team performance plans
- A team performance plan is a detailed plan used to identify the desired team performance level, tasks and actions to achieve objectives, how team performance will be monitored and measured.
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6.2 Plan to achieve team outcomes (cont.)
SMARTTA team targets:
- Specific
- Measurable
- Achievable
- Relevant
- Time based
- Trackable
- Agreed
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams
Facilitate team effectiveness and cohesion
- Team culture is the moral, social, and behavioural norms of a team based on the beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of its members.
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Team cohesion
- Is the level of common purpose and commitment among members.
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Team cohesion
Figure 6.3 Relationship between cohesiveness and productivity
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Groupthink
- Groupthink is a situation in which a high level of group cohesiveness prevents disagreement, constructive criticism and full assessment of alternatives.
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Empower, acknowledge and reward
Figure 6.4 Keys to empowerment
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Encourage open communication
- Communication both written and spoken is a two-way process that can increase understanding and build cooperative or uncooperative working relationships.
- Successful managers are communication oriented and demonstrate empathy, awareness and concern for others.
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Encourage consultation
- Consultation is seeking and giving of advice, information and opinion 'in good faith' with a view to reaching agreement.
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Manage effective team meetings:
- clear purpose, agenda and ground rules
- discussion and active meaningful participation
- focus on the agenda items and timely progression through them
- summaries of main discussion points, action plans and recommendations
- prompt receipt of minutes and any other follow-up to members.
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6.3 Facilitate and empower work teams (cont.)
Respond to resistance, negativity or internal threats:
define the issue
identify who is involved
list each party's concerns
choose agreed option(s).
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