...Teamwork and Collaboration Learning Team D - Katherine Simpson Cynthia Lukas, Jennifer Ferreyra, Sabina Mieliczek, Shanita Polite, Tyleen Wilson MGT/311 January 19, 2013 Rocco Natale Teamwork and Collaboration There are many different ways of resolving conflict within a group. Each strategy, when implemented correctly, can be very effective. Some of these strategies are: accommodation, avoidance, collaboration, competition, compromise. At one point, everyone has been in some type of a group. It could be in elementary school when your gym teacher picks teams for a game, at work when your supervisor asks everyone to come up with fresh, new ideas for the company and as fellow college students who are put together in a learning team. All of these examples can put the members of the group in an awkward situation and at times it can be intimidating. Learning Teams are an opportunity for all of us to work together in groups to come up with a final product. Although it is fun and interesting to meet and work with new people, it is not always an easy task. People in learning teams come from all over the country. They come from different backgrounds and cultures. The differences can sometimes cause conflict while working on an assignment together. In order to stay respectful and stay on task with finishing the assignment, conflicting group members must have a strategy to cope with conflicts and come up with a solution. Each team member has a different approach on getting...
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...Teamwork and Collaboration Sarudzayi Makwande Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351-12433: Transitions in Professional Nursing October 2017 Teamwork and Collaboration Effective health care can only be achieved when all the multidisciplinary groups work together as one team and communicate with one another. Nurses are the primary care givers and they spend more time with the patients than any other multidisciplinary teams, therefore it is the nurses’ responsibility to encourage the teamwork and the communication, so as to accomplish patient’s health goals. The Purpose of Teamwork Teamwork in health care is patient oriented so as to attain the health goal that will improve the patient’s health and bring great achievements to the multidisciplinary teams. The purpose of each role in health care is targeted at providing a safe and healthy outcome for the patients. The communication between nurses and doctors create a working environment that has few errors and more health care achievements. Team Members The team members include doctors, certified assistants, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy and social workers to name a few, play an important role in the teamwork....
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...Interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration is the trend I chose to talk about of health-care professionals in the U.S. Teamwork and collaboration is important for health care professionals to delivering quality care to their patients. The ultimate goal of teamwork is to work toward measurable goals that would benefit from leadership while encouraging discussion and effective problem solving. Clinical care is becoming more complex, forcing staff to attempt complicated health services and quickly learning new methods. The older population are having an increase in chronic diseases forcing staff to come up with a multidisciplinary approach to health care. Researchers found that working together reduces the number of medical errors made and...
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...Introduction The purpose of this essay is to explore high performing work team by analyzing a survey or questionnaire provided by Professor Dr. Nicholas J. Scalzo in Week 3 from the class of Managing Virtual and Global Teams (HRMD/665). High performing work team is important because it operates in an atmosphere of mutual respect in which team members identify with each other and with the team as a whole. According to Moldjord, and Iversen, (2015), high performance teams have members whose skills, attitudes and competencies enable them to achieve team goals, make tough decisions, communicate under stress, manage conflict, and solve challenging task. By the end of this essay, it will be determined if this survey or questionnaire is sufficient to measure a high performing work team and if it can be utilized as such. High Performing Work Team Team performance is what contributes to a team success of failure. According to Thompson (2014), team performance analysis consists of productivity, cohesion, learning, and integration. This analysis identifies the factors on how team performance effectiveness should be evaluated. Productivity measure whether the team achieve their goals. It requires the team to have a clear goal and adapt accordingly as new information arrives, if the goals changes, and if the organizational priorities has shifted. Productivity is what evaluates the team’s output meets the standards of those who have to use it. It is imperative that each members of...
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...Teams Alexandria Aguirre Dr. Nate CotePrinciples of Supervision 1 (D50)Dona Ana Community College | What are teams? Why are they important? When you think about teamwork, you may recognize effective, productive teams. You may also recognize groups of individuals who have been put together to work on a task who just don't seem to make the same progress. Your answer as to what a team is may be working together with other people to figure out a problem; and you are exactly correct. Teams are better in some situations, but not necessary needed in all. In fact, they may have some disadvantages that are inappropriate for the work place. Teams typically outperform individuals when the tasks being done require multiple skills, judgment, and experience, but when the individual isn’t a team player, teams are just about as good as the individual himself. (Robbins and DeCenzo 275-84) Many times, teams are often confused with groups. Teams and groups are similar, but not completely. What differentiates both is that in a team, the members are committed to a common purpose, have a set of specific performance goals, and hold themselves equally responsible for the team’s results. A group is individuals working interdependent who come together to reach a particular objective. There are four types of teams that carry different level of effectiveness. They are: a working group, a pseudo team, a potential team, and a real team. In a working group, there is no work or opportunity to engage...
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...What are the three most important things you learnt during this project? The main focus of the most important thing that I learnt during this project is teamwork. Teammates have to work together hand in hand and supporting one another so that we can complete this project well. Team needs to coordinate well with each members so that it helps the team if not it will bring the team down. The three most important things that I learnt from teamwork of this project are having the common goal, communication and collaboration. Firstly, the team members must have a common goal. As a team, we must aim for the same goal that we want to achieve, for example, our goal is to do a good job in this happiness project in order to score our best for this module. But if one person or two...
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...of the CNA and has no respect for his position or duties. Without teamwork and collaboration of all staff, there will be a breakdown in communication resulting in poor patient care. Rashad was trying to clarify his role and responsibilities through passive communication. Due to the aggressive response made by another team member, Rashad likely felt unappreciated and angered by the lack of respect and condescending commentary from his team member. Rashad should discuss this with management and express his concerns and feelings regarding the inconsideration and demeaning behavior from staff RN. Rashad’s after thoughts of sabotage and insubordination are passive aggressive. This type of communication is indirect and ineffective in problem solving. Aggressive communication can create a hostile work environment, untrusting relationships, and low morale. This type of communication creates a vicious cycle of arrogant dictatorship and indirect antagonism. When there is lack of collaboration and listening, there is little chance of a productive working relationship (Hansten & Jackson, 2009). In case scenario two, Pamela was being nonassertive. Instead of asking Brigite to clarify how the test results were obtained, Pamela retested the students. This situation could have been avoided if Pamela would have given clear concise instructions and allowed the volunteer to ask questions. This would have allowed for collaboration and direct, step by step instructions to be given. If this instruction...
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...Wk 2 Effective Teamwork What are the characteristics of effective teams? There are numerous things that go into making a team successful. Some characteristics of an effective team are: Having a clear unity of purpose where each team member is willing to commit themselves to working toward a common goal. Each member needs to have clear performance goals, like knowing what is the group trying to accomplish and what work needs to be done to achieve the desired outcome? Strong Communication and collaboration: Effective communication between team members and their willingness to work together can set the foundation for collaboration. Each individual carries his or her own weight,meeting or exceeding the expectations of other group members. Each individual is respectful of the mechanics of the group: arriving on time, coming to meetings prepared, completing agreed upon tasks on time, etc. When action is taken, clears assignments are made (who-what-when) and willingly accepted and completed by each group member. How do roles, needs, and diversity affect teamwork? Provide specific examples. Different types of people bring different talents . Generally, roles are the positions team members assume or the parts that they play in a particular operation or process. You may have a person who is better at leading than another, during a particular project you may have a person who is more knowledgeable in that topic. There are people who are better at facilitating meetings and some...
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...Abstract Teamwork is about several people doing different parts of a project and having it come together effectively and on time, like a puzzle of sorts. Directed by a motivated leader who guides the team by training and developing his or her team to perform at the highest level possible to reach the goals that were set to achieve. By setting clear roles and responsibilities for the team, having a team dynamic that works and is organized, as well as open communication, teamwork in the workplace can be an effective means of reaching desired goals. In order for a team to work best together they must forgo the four stages of team development. These four stages are Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. Some of the best teams in the workplace are the more diverse. Diversity in teams is also an important concept in challenging collaboration for more diverse “out-of-the-box” thinking. Although these teams may be hard to come together in the beginning, these are the teams that usually end up thriving in the end. In some cases, teamwork can be infective in the workplace. Depending on the team dynamic, not all teams are going to get along. Change also happens which in some cases pushes teams apart. Having a strong leader is most important in making sure you team will function properly. Also, rewarding members of the team for successes is a good way to keep morale up and keep team members positive. Keywords: communication, motivation, leadership, change management, diversity, team...
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... .................................................................2 The Evolution from Work Group to Work Team.................................4 Critical success factors for Effective Teams.........................................5 Leadership & Power.............................................................................5 Effective Communiation........................................................................5 Motivation…………………....................................................................6 Group Diversity....................................................................................7 Decision Making…...............................................................................8 Climate of Trust and Collaboration.....................................................8 The Desire for Success.........................................................................9 Recommendations………………........................................................9 Conclusion…….………………........................................................12...
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...Reflective writing of teamwork Effective teamwork is regard as essentialfactors that are a broader collaboration and fostering production, which contributeto the whole process of the group project. Apositiverelationship is based on effectivecommunication and equal distribution between group members. However, there also exist problems that need to identified and eliminated. In order to build a successful project, firstly, we have to choose the most feasible topic from many options. Just like Gurak and Lannon (2009) say, topic is the first step to access successful team work. However, According to O'Leary (2004), different views and opinions among team members are inevitable and bringing these different points together is one of the strengths of a team approach. Indeed, after two times’ discussions, we roughly decided on two aspects fashion and food. Based on the interests of these two different areas, we divided into two groups to do the research. Firstly, the opinion of fashion group is that they want to set up an independent designer clothing store. These independent designers come from students who study in fashion department. However, through research, the fashion group found that we do not have the basic knowledge and understanding of fashion industry. Moreover, the root problem is that clothing shops need a larger store which means we need more rentals. What is more, considering the issues of the cost of foundry, location of store, and the salary of these independent...
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...This is an additional online resource that goes with our textbook. More information will be provided the first week of class (e.g., how to register, how we will use it). 2. Readings, case studies and other class materials will be posted on our Moodle http://menlo.mrooms3.net and Menlo Library http://apps.menlo.edu/library/courses/reserves.php sites. Please log-in the first week of class to ensure you can access our sites. Course Description and Approach: Organizational Behavior (OB) “is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior in organizations” (Robbins & Judge, 2012; pg.2). Topics include perceptions, personality, team dynamics, problem-solving, communication and collaboration, conflict management, and motivation. Building positive organizational cultures, understanding power and influence and leading and managing change effectively and ethically are also key topics covered in this course. This course is designed to allow you to be an active participant in the learning process (i.e., apply the material to your life). Class sessions will typically include mini-lectures, cases analyses, team development activities, presentations, and discussion. Course Learning Objectives: The overall goal of this course is to help you think critically and analytically...
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...Construction takes a lot of teamwork because it is usually a big job and you can’t do it on your own. Several groups generally make up a construction team, such as the architect and engineering team, the owners and investors, and the contractors. All team members share the common goal of wanting to complete the project, but they may also have conflicting priorities. Owners may want value for money, while the architect and engineers are concerned with aesthetics and safety. Aligning these interests and completing a project on time and on budget require teamwork from all workers. * How is communication in a team different from one-on-one communication, according to the text? Communication is a key aspect of teamwork, and a team that works together well is crucial to high performance and achieving objectives. Team communication is cooperative. Every team member works and contributes their own input. During team communication you can have open meetings where it is easier to communicate your passion and how you feel to your team. In this kind of forum, they will not only hear what you are saying, they will also see and feel it. This approach still remains one of the best approaches of communicating effectively with a team. However in one-on-one communication, you are having a conversation between two specific people. Some people understand better when you take them aside and talk to them on a one-on-one basis. * What are some advantages of teamwork? What are some disadvantages...
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...Teamwork There are two ways of spreading light : to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it GOOSE - G is for GOAL The sense of a goose! The sense of a goose! People who are part of a team and share a common direction get there quicker and easier because they are traveling on trust of one another and they support each other all the way. GOOSE - O is for ORGANISED If we have as much sense as a goose we will stay in formation and share information with those who are headed the same way we are going. The sense of a goose! The sense of a goose! GOOSE - O is for OPTIMUM The sense of a goose! The sense of a goose! It pays to share leadership and take turns during hard jobs GOOSE - S is for SUPPORT The sense of a goose! The sense of a goose! If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other when things get rough The sense of a goose! The sense of a goose! GOOSE - E is for ENCOURAGE Words of support and inspiration help energize those in the front line through the day to day pressures Message from a Goose It is a reward, a challenge, and a privilege to be a contributing member of a TEAM The sense of a goose! The sense of a goose! What is the difference between A Team Committed to shared goals Contributes to procedures Climate of cooperation Open and honest with each other Conflict is constructive and A Group Committed to individual goals Waits for procedures Climate of competition Careful and cautious...
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...MICKAN AND SYLVIA RODGER Sharon Mickan is a PhD student and Sylvia Rodger is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy at The University of Queensland. Sharon holds a NH&MRC Public Health Postgraduate Research Scholarship. Abstract Effective healthcare teams often elude consistent definition because of the complexity of teamwork. Systems theory offers a dynamic view of teamwork, in which input conditions are transformed via optimum throughput processes into maximal output. This article describes eighteen characteristics of effective teams across input conditions and teamwork processes, which have been identified from the literature. Background Research into team effectiveness has traditionally searched for characteristics of effective teams. Quantitative evaluations of specific interventions have largely been inconclusive and emphasised the need for further research (Schwartzmann 1986). The complexity of team functioning precludes reducing teams to their least number of components. Rather, a systems theory approach recognises the relationships and interdependence between and within teams. Given the importance of teamwork to delivering healthcare, a better understanding of how teams function effectively will be invaluable for educating and developing teams. This article will summarise and evaluate characteristics that create and maintain teams in healthcare environments. Defining the context There is broad consensus in the literature about the defining features...
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