Change Managment

Change Management

Tiffine C. Bourland

Business 4802

08/26/16

Change Management

Ground rules are essential for most teams’ success, however; those that do not use the ground rules successfully, in most cases fail in the long run (Workman, 2004). Organizations need to use ground rules consistently to help them make better decisions and implement the decisions to increase the satisfaction of tem members. The guidelines or ground rules for viable groups portray particular practices that enhance how individuals cooperate. They give more direction than procedural guidelines, for example, “Put your mobile phones on vibrate” and “Begin on time, end on time,” or moderately dynamic ground rules, for example, “Approach everybody with deference” and “Be useful.” For every guideline, everyone should understand what it implies, how to utilize it, and what results it will help you accomplish. By making the guidelines express, you urge people and groups to utilize them reliably (Phillips & Gully, 2012).

The above ground rules helped in one of my group works at the University and everything went as planned (Phillips & Gully, 2012). When I also joined the corporate world, I realized that putting your phone on vibration is essential since it distracts no one. The first team’s objective was to help all students work together in achieving their objective of working on assignments together. Corporate world or business group also was aimed at working together to achieve our objectives. Both of these two teams I have worked with have always been successful at all levels. As a tem, people usually have diverse opinions and they sometimes fail to achieve their objectives. When the ground rules are not aligned with every member’s objective, it becomes difficult to handle some members and this causes tension.

In both the two groups, discussion of ground rules remains essential because they helped team members achieve their objectives (Workman, 2004). It was evident that many team members fail to be sensitive of establishing parameters of consensus building, which very essential for setting ground for ground rules.

References

Phillips, J., & Gully, S. M. (2012). Organizational behavior: Tools for success. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

Workman, M. (2004). Goals, relationships, information and processes in global virtual team performance. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 5 (4), 348-372.