Team Dynamics
What is a team?
What makes a team effective?
What makes a team defective?
Why teams?
Stages of team/group development
What are Team Dynamics ?
Relationships between members of a group
that are assigned connected tasks within a
company.
Group of two or more People.
Dynamics are affected by roles and
responsibilities and have a direct result on
productivity.
Types of Team
1. Problem Solving Teams:
• Temporary teams inspect a problem
2. Cross Functional teams:
• Formed unexpectedly, using rented resources.
• To develop products or solving problems.
How Team Dynamics can be improve .
Team Work.
Understand each other.
Show Respect to each other.
Team Dynamics- How They Affect Performance
Team dynamics are a very important part of working life
The profitability of an
organization.
Whether people enjoy
their work.
Staff retention rates.
Team and individual
performance.
Company reputation.
Why informal Teams Exist
• Emotional Support
• Accomplish a Goal
• Social interaction
T-ogether
E-ducated
A-chieve
M-ore
Aims
Better communication Skills.
Pulling together resources to achieve set goal.
Support and interdependence.
Increase bond of trust.
Tolerance of other’s views.
Team Design Elements
• Task Characteristics
Easy to implement
Task Interdependence
Share common outcomes
• Team Size
Smaller Teams are better
But Large are enough to accomplish task
• Team Composition
Members Motivated
Team diversity
Stages of Team Development
Forming
Adjourning Storming
Performing Norming
Causes of Team Cohesiveness
Team Cohesiveness Outcomes
Want to remain members
Willing to share information
Strong interpersonal bonds
Want to support each other
Resolve conflict effectively
More satisfied and experience less stress
Cohesiveness and Performance
High Low
High Moderate
High
productivity productivity
Moderate to
Low
low
Low productivity
productivity
The Trouble With Teams
• Individuals better/faster on some tasks
• Process losses — cost of developing and maintaining teams
• Companies don’t support best work environment for team dynamics
• Social loafing
Conditions for Social Loafing
Low task interdependence
Individual output not visible
Routine, uninteresting tasks
Low task significance
Low collectivist values
Type of Team Building
• Role definition
• Interpersonal process
• Goal setting
• Problem solving
