LEADING TEAMS ASSIGNMENT.

Frank is good at brainstorming. He is able to develop ideas but is weaker when it comes to putting them into action.

Alyson is able to work well with others and has good team qualities. She can effectively impose new ideas and also is a problem solver. Displays phenomenal leadership skills and is experienced.

Jerry has great curiosity and energy, traits that prevent him from focusing during meetings. He also is motivated and uses his time wisely. He also is highly experienced.

Sarah is strong in data analysis and hence can quickly come up with solutions to existing problems. Even so, she needs to understand the bigger picture before coming up with a solution.

Portia is a go-getter when seeking to advance to new roles. She is highly experienced and will take on extra tasks for the team.

Arjun works best when working independently. He shows great potential for growth because his work speaks for itself.

The team members have very different traits. In the event they can come to work collaboratively, then the traits will function to complement each other leading to enhanced performance. On the other hand, in the event they fail to find a common ground to collaborate during their meetings, the differing traits might lead to conflicts. The group can only progress in the event the characteristics can be used to support one another rather than create an environment of competition.

Theory

Guiding Criteria

Strengths

Gaps

Theory A

Humans relation theory

Supports diversity in a team

The theory supports diversity because it focuses on human relations.

Minimal research has been conducted on the theory and hence might not work with certain group dynamics.

Drives a team structure

It drives team structure due to the attention provided to individual members of the team and how to enhance their relationship.

Promotes a positive work environment

It also ensures that the relationships that exist between team members create a positive environment of work.

Promotes positive group behavior

The theory is based on the premise that employees will become more motivated by social factors and hence leads to the development of positive group behavior.

Promotes positive group performance

Promotes positivity which enhances group behavior.

Promotes collaboration within the team

Due to satisfaction of team members, it enhances collaboration.

Promotes collaboration across teams

It also ensures that teams can collaborate with one another due to the social environment created.

Theory B

Management theory

Supports diversity in a team

The theory focuses on supervision and organization, rewards, and punishments and hence can promote diversity

Drives a team structure

Due to the focus of the organization, it promotes team structure.

Promotes a positive work environment

It might create a competitive environment of work due to the reward system.

Promotes positive group behavior

Due to its transactional form, it promotes a positive environment of work

Promotes positive group performance

Positive group performance is promoted through rewards.

Promotes collaboration within the team

Punishment is likely to reduce the level of collaboration between team members.

Promotes collaboration across teams

Competition for rewards might reduce cross-team collaboration.

The management theory guarantees that the team members are appropriately supervised, organized, and that group performance is enhanced. Through rewards and punishments, it is possible to ensure that positive behaviors are reinforced while the negative ones are eliminated. On the other hand, the human relations theory ensures that the social aspect of teams and teamwork is used to advance performance. The theories might be opposites because the latter suggests that humans often are motivated by social rather than environmental factors. Even so, they both work to enhance employee satisfaction.

The human relations theory supports my team because it considers their characteristics and their ability to work collaboratively. It is based on the premise that performance was a consequent effect of the attention paid to workers because it made them feel valued. Attending to the needs of each individual member while seeking to achieve a specific team objective is valuable in ensuring a more cohesive team is created. Trust developed ensures that team performance is enhanced.

In a price competitive environment, it will befit to enhance collaboration even further. This means that team members will be allowed to share ideas at the basic level while receiving support from the managers. They also will constantly be provided with feedback on matters they raise and have some of their individual needs met in the course of the meetings.

Technology

Guiding Criteria

Strengths

Gaps

Technology X

Video Conferencing

Facilitates effective teamwork

Ensures that team members can visually communicate at any time hence promoting teamwork.

Supports positive work environment

Due to its visual aspects, it supports a positive environment of work.

Promotes positive group behavior

Since the activities are remote it is possible that group behavior or work environment will not be similar to that of the office

Promotes positive group performance

When implemented correctly, it can create a positive work environment.

Supports a remote workforce

Its nature ensures that a remote workforce is supported.

Promotes collaboration across teams

It can be integrated to ensure that teams can share information.

Technology Y

Cloud

Facilitates effective teamwork

It allows documents to be linked, edited, commented on and updated hence promoting teamwork.

Supports positive work environment

Allows for idea sharing hence creating a positive environment of work

Promotes positive group behavior

Despite its ability to allow for information sharing, it might be difficult to ascertain if the technology motivates positive group behavior.

Promotes positive group performance

The ability to constantly and limitlessly share information ensures that group performance is enhanced

Supports a remote workforce

Documents and other information resources can be shared and accessed remotely.

Promotes collaboration across teams

It is possible to give access privileges to other teams hence enhancing collaboration.

Video conferencing is the selected technology because it ensures that team members can conduct remote face to face meetings to share ideas. It also means that the same behaviors displayed during office meetings will also be displayed hence promoting positive behavior and performance.

Videoconferencing helps a leader keep cohesive groups even when members live far from one another. It now is a mainstream tool to build virtual teams. It can be done through mobile phones via various technologies that can affordably be accessed.

Alongside videoconferencing, the human relations theory will work to ensure that the individuals can build relationships with each other. By seeing eye to eye even when geographically distant builds rapport and enhances the ability to apply the strategies developed under the theory to enhance social good within the group.