sym WK5 DQ2

STG 390 WK4 DQ2. 150 WORDS OR MORE

Describe either one of the types of groups and teams, OR a difference between groups and teams, OR a time when participation in groups/teams should be avoided.

REPLIES. 100 WORDS OR MORE

A Michael Wayand

I decided to look at the main differences between groups and teams. From what I gather the roles and responsibilities of a group are not often explicitly defined leaving room for flexibility. While in a team the roles and responsibilities are clearly defined so that each person knows exactly what is expected for each teammate. When in a group, rules are not usually written down, they evolve as the group needs and can change to fit the desired needs. While teams’ rules are strike and usually have procedures that make everything efficient and effective. Group goals are generalized, while team goals are clear and cut. Groups methodology may be to divide up work unevenly or possibly not assign anyone work. A team will have a way to collaborate with one another and coordinating best efforts to be clear to achieve the goal is efficiently as possible.  Groups are more relaxed and usually small in size, while being flexible for each persons needs. A team has coordinated people highly organized to achieve a specific, common goal (Beebe et al, 2022).

B Ariel Fuller

The difference between groups and teams is that groups have a lot of people who are tied together by some shared activity, interest or quality (Hasa, 2016). In a group the members do not have a common goal. The specific roles and responsibilities are not giving to individual members in the group. The members in the group does not know anything about each other, but they must work together to get the job done. In a team the member work together to get the job done, they have a lot in common, the task is assigned to certain people, them members om group are interdependent, and they know each other strengths and weaknesses (Hasa, 2016). A team can be a group, but a group can be a team (Hasa, 2016).

C JUSTIN QUICK

To be honest I never thought there was much of a difference between the two words, groups, and teams as I would interchange them without thinking about the difference. They suggest group size be between three to fifteen people for a small group, which can be broken down into primary, social, or even secondary groups (study, therapy, problem-solving, and focus groups). Now the difference is that a team is a coordinated group that set goals to achieve at the end of a project by working together. When building teams there need to be clear rules that everyone follows, clear goals to be achievable, and the teams need coordination/communication with their overall efforts. Some good rules of thumb when groups/teams are ineffective are limited time, if the answer has already been solved, the said information is already easily accessible, and if too many conflicts between everyone prevent any work from being accomplished (Beebe et al., 2022).