...HR Update - Importance of Teamwork Whether in the workplace or on the football field, or even amongst members of a community, effective teamwork can produce incredible results. However, working successfully as a team is not as easy as it may seem. Effective teamwork certainly does not just happen automatically; it takes a great deal of hard work and compromise. There are a number of factors that must be in place to cohere together as a team and work seamlessly. • Good leadership: Effective leadership is one of the most important components of good teamwork. The team’s leader should possess the skills to create and maintain a positive working environment and motivate and inspire the team members to take a positive approach to work and be highly committed. An effective team leader will promote a high level of morale and make them feel supported and valued. • Clear communication: Communication is a vital factor of all interpersonal interaction and especially that of a team. Team members must be able to articulate their feelings, express plans and goals, share ideas and see each other’s viewpoints. • Establishing roles: It is absolutely necessary for team members to understand what their role on the team is, what he/she is responsible for. The team leader can enable this by defining the purpose in a clear-cut manner in the beginning of the formation of the team. • Conflict Resolution: Conflicts will arise no matter how well a team functions together. The best way...
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...Introduction The shift that has taken place today in the workplace in any organization has important implications for the skills that will be critical to the success of an individual in an organization. This shift involves increasing the emphasis on the group or team. Many factors are driving this shift. Technology is a primary force as tasks have grown too complex for individuals to tackle alone. In addition, competitive forces have led many organizations to flatten the organization by reducing the numbers of levels of middle managers. Shifting authority and responsibility down to the bottom level allows teams to take over functions that used to be done by management. On a macro scale, as organizations involve multiple businesses, multiple industries and multiple countries, new and complex issues are evolving that rely on numerous interdependent groups with decisions made by teams consisting of members of these various groups. Even without these forces, others have found that harnessing the potential power of the group can have a dramatic effect on productivity and job satisfaction. Today, most organizations embrace the notion of teams. Teams have become the core unit in many organizations. Part of this is based on the fact (and supported by research) that teams are more effective in solving problems and learn more rapidly than individuals. When it is working well, groups or teams can enhance problem solving and creativity, generate understanding, acceptance, support, and...
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...ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT | “BUSINESS SCHOOL COURSEWORK FEEDBACK SHEET” “ “Student number” | 201210095 | “Date | 03/12/2013 | “Module Title” | Professional skills & ethics | “Assignment Title” | Personal Learning Journal | “Module Code” | 56244 | “Word Count” | 2857 | “Strengths exhibited in the assignment:” | “Click here to enter text.” | “Areas of weakness in the assignment, and ways in which the work could be improved:” | “Click here to enter text.” | “Additional comments:” | “Click here to enter text.” | “First Assessor’s Initials” | “Click here to enter text.” | “Date” | “Click here or from” “the dropdown to” “enter a date.” | “Indicative” “Mark %” | “Click here to enter” “percentage” | “Second Assessor’s Initials” | “Click here to enter text.” | “Date” | “Click here or from” “the dropdown to” “enter a date.” | “(Subject to Module Board Agreement)”“(Before any penalty applied)” | Personal Learning Journal Part A: With the development of globalization, the required of abilities in a team or group is increasing day by day. It is the field where professional skills occurred more and more necessary. So what is the globalization? It is defined that as an appearance during human society’s development. Globalization often refers to the growing worldwide relations, and human life on the basic of global scale development. In other word, it is the rise of global consciousness. (Pieterse J N, 2009) A large amount...
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...Webster’s College Dictionary defines a team as “a number of persons associated in some joint action” and teamwork as “cooperative effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause”.1 Teamwork in a classroom teaches students the fundamental skills associated with working as a collective unit toward a common goal. When students are required to work in teams it introduces a variety of skills that will be valuable for students later in the workforce, such as communication, compromise and collective effort. In any type of group work, students must agree about who will handle various components of a project and collaborate using one another’s strengths to accomplish assigned tasks.2 Which often teaches time management, resource allocation and communication skills. Teamwork can push people to expand their skills and learn from one another in ways that might have never occurred had they not be placed on the same team. Teamwork can encourage members to learn to respect and appreciate each other as well as promote a sense of belonging.3 Working on a team forces team members to spread knowledge and to do things in a way that other people on the team can pick up if necessary. Teamwork also increases accountability. Pressure from peers is a powerful force. Particularly if you are working with people whom you respect and do not want to let down, the motivation to help your team succeed can override the lack in motivation that...
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...training and mentoring program Interclean Cassandra Settles University of Pheonix Training and Mentoring Needs Due to the reorganization of the sales team and the shifting focus of the sales force, it is important that the team be educated with the necessary tools required and be prepared to take on this challenge. The new sales team will consist of members from InterClean, as well as members from EnviroTech and they are going to need training to learn how to tackle the changes that are occurring. The current sales team is made up of three members from EnviroTech, who have excellent customer service skills with some sales experience. They are used to creating relationships with the customer and for the most part, are knowledgeable in customer service skills. They are also used to working in a diverse team environment. Although these employees have great customer appreciation, they could use some training in sales strategies. The rest of the team is made up of employees from InterClean. These employees have excellent sales strategies and are aggressive in meeting and exceeding sales goals. They are not, however, used to working in a team environment and could use some training on their customer service skills. By training the team in customer service, they will learn how to serve their customers and by doing so, will hopefully help to form business relationships with the customers and increase the rate of returning customers. With the amount of competition...
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...Due to the reorganization of the sales team and the shifting focus of the sales force, it is important that the team be educated with the necessary tools required and be prepared to take on this challenge. The new sales team will consist of members from InterClean, as well as members from EnviroTech and they are going to need training to learn how to tackle the changes that are occurring. The current sales team is made up of three members from EnviroTech, who have excellent customer service skills with some sales experience. They are used to creating relationships with the customer and for the most part, are knowledgeable in customer service skills. They are also used to working in a diverse team environment. Although these employees have great customer appreciation, they could use some training in sales strategies. The rest of the team is made up of employees from InterClean. These employees have excellent sales strategies and are aggressive in meeting and exceeding sales goals. They are not, however, used to working in a team environment and could use some training on their customer service skills. By training the team in customer service, they will learn how to serve their customers and by doing so, will hopefully help to form business relationships with the customers and increase the rate of returning customers. With the amount of competition in the market today, it is important to be able to repeated customers. Casio stated, “the ability to solve problems...
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...Worksite Development The development of competencies and skills are very important in the workplace (Goleman, 1998). This paper will examine the importance of the Nurse’s skills in the medical field. Identifying the role of the nurse in the care of the patient, the essential competency skills to develop an emotional intelligent nurse will be analyzed including intellectual skills, self-awareness, therapeutic and teaching skills, listening, and, probing skills (Xavier & Pereira, 2012). The process of these developments will be evaluated to assess for any improvement needed to achieve the desired emotional intellect outcome. Emotional Skills of the Nurse Competency in Nursing is a necessary element when caring for patients. The nurse demonstrates confidence in his or her knowledge and ability while acting with genuine empathy for the community served. She or he has studied medicine for years before beginning his or her career in nursing and has mastered the medical skills necessary to become successful. Nurses serve a diverse community with individuals of different languages, ethnicity, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation. The nurse can resolve conflicts and recognize the views and values of others while not judgmental of the differences of those he or she disagrees with. The nurse understands the importance of emotional intelligence because before one can understand others he or she must first understand oneself (Goleman, 1995). The nurse administers medication meticulously...
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...[pic] Faculty of Education and Languages OUMH1103 LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS HII KING GUAN 811029135443001 811029135443 0128489981 kingguanhii@yahoo.com Tutor’s name: TING HENG PING E-Tutor’s name: NOORAZAH BT MD NOOR Learning Centre: OUM SIBU JANUARY 2012 Semester Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Importan skills that employers looking for in the future graduates. 3 2.1. Communication skills 4 2.2. Critical thinking and problem solving skills 5 2.3. Teamworking skills 6 2.4. Lifelong learning and information literacy 7 2.5. Leadership skills 8 3. Suggestions for future graduates, goverment bodies or educational institutions in Malaysia to ensure that future graduates are equipped with skills 9 4. Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction Malaysia is now a highly motivated developing country with vision to archieve status as developed country. With the mushrooming of the public and private educational institutions in Malaysia, a huge pool of graduates has been created. Obtaining a degree from institute of higher education in local or overseas has become necessary in order to get a good job with nice salary. However, in this challenging world, competition is everywhere. The excerpt from Education Malaysia, (July, 2006) had indicated that unemployment rate in Malaysia seemed to be increasing. One reason for this problem is that the focus...
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...Dynamics Teamwork is the mantra of the business world for the new millennium. Organizations are realizing that collective problem-solving, in a team setting, enhances creative and critical thinking skills, thus elevating productivity. This paper will explore the characteristics of and differences between groups and teams. Additionally, workplace diversity relevance to team dynamics will be explored in an effort to better understand this phenomenon called teamwork. Groups Groups consist of two or more individuals who come together to achieve particular objectives. Work groups share information and make decisions that help members perform within each individual's area of responsibility. The group focuses on improving individual results. Work groups do not work together to achieve a communal goal, the result being that no positive synergy exists among members. Each member’s performance is the entirety of his or her contribution (Robbins & Judge, 2009). Teams Teams consist of a small grouping of people with complementary skills, working together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively accountable (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2009). Work team goals are focused on the collective performance of the members’, the result of which is mutual and individual accountability. Characteristics of high-performance teams include clear performance objectives, a shared sense of purpose, strong core values, the right mix of skills, creativity...
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...1. What advantages did Lockheed Martin gain by using virtual teams? Explain. The advantages Lockheed Martin gained by using virtual teams are better communications as if the participants were in the same room. Since technology such as electronic white boards were implimented into this project team members could draw pictures or charts as others watched and responded so that everyone that was participating was on the same page. Without these technology advances implimented into this program it would be nearly impossible to complete this project. 2. Identify and discuss potential problems with using virtual teams-for example, interpersonal, technical, or geographical concerns. Potential problems with using virtual teams could consist of miscommunication, technology failure, or unable to recieve information due to the geographical location. Miscommunication can occur due to the impersonaltion of conversation through technology. Due to the impersonalition of communication that occurs through technology there is no way to completely understand messages that are being communicated as well as messages communicated through direct human contact. Technology failure can occur at any place and time and is completely unpredictable. Technological failure can result in loss in information and communication. Certain geographical locations are unable to transmit technology and communicate through technology. In these specific geographical locations there is no resources that make this type...
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...Teamwork “Teamwork coming together is a beginning, keeping together is a progress, working together is success”. Henry Ford. Teamwork is an intention of different people to work together for specific purpose in order to achieve the same aim. Team works are needed everywhere in all aspects of society. Also, teamwork is made to gather people who are interested in one thing, who have complementary skills, negotiable and who feel responsibility towards each other when doing the tasks that are spread between team members. Saying about the Role concept within teamwork it was firstly used to understand people’s behaviors in the environment. Relating Belbin’s theory of teamwork and team roles there are several types of roles that people in the team belong to. They are divided into three groups: Action makers, Social and Thinking oriented. Personally, every team member is important in the process of team work and the personality of every team member is affected to the team’s effectiveness. According to Belbin’s theory the discussion process of the team work goes through four steps: • Forming; • Storming; • Norming; • Performing. Our opinion towards this constructive cycle is that if the team passes through all mentioned steps above, then in the end it appears to be successful teamwork. As the topic or issue is formed, then discussed, shared opinions about this formation among each other, negotiated the meanings of every team member and come up with the same...
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...regulatory and ethical considerations to the selection process 6 The mix of knowledge, skills and experience necessary for a team to fulfil its functions 8 Analyze dynamics within teams, stimulate and promote a team spirit which helps motivate and provides support to team members and also clarify expectations of relationships 9 Encourage team members to develop roles during their team assignments 11 Empower teams to develop their own ways of working independently and to rely on their own capabilities within pre-set boundaries 12 Conclusion 12 Reference 13 Introduction PETROVIETNAM, Petrovietnam Oil and Gas Group is a state-owned company. On August 29th 2006, the Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 199/QĐ-TTg accepting that PETROVIETNAM is the Holding Company-Petrovietnam Oil and Gas Group (short name is Petrovietnam Oil and Gas Group) with international transaction name is Petrovietnam, PVN for short. Petrovietnam - a strong economic corporation in Vietnam is known worldwide. This is the report to make the new process about recruitment new employees, staffs and how to work in team for PV Gas. Characteristics of the person requirements and inform potential applicants of PETROVIETNAM. The good engineers, staffs or managers are one of strategy which improves strength of company in business market. Those are some characteristics and skills of the person requirements in PV gas. * With the young, dynamic, enthusiastic staffs...
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...Mr. Toastmaster, Fellow Toastmasters, and guests. How many of you play or played basketball? (they raise hands) Football? (hands) Soccer? (hands) Are there any I haven’t listed? (perhaps replies, if so ask “what” and ask for that) These are definitely games that people like to spectate that we call sports. One of my favorite sports was just broadcast on ESPN2, had a world-wide $10 million dollar tournament where the winners took home $5 million dollars. The players of this sport all did this without leaving their seat. I’m referring to electronic sports, or esports. I’m not just talking about playing a golf, basketball, or tennis game on the Wii. What I do mean is that there are video games out there that take all the main components of traditional sports: communication, training, and teamwork, and make them into their video game. People are playing sports without ever leaving their seat. Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome once again to Digital Sports! (Stanley Parable announcer saying this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRloyLtJ6r0) Let’s talk about the three things you will need to be able to play digital sports effectively: communication, training, and teamwork. Communication in esports is one of the most crucial skill areas. Think about all the things you rely on when playing a traditional sport--body language, hand signals, eye contact, speaking to each other. All of these thing are pretty much removed from esports. Now, it is a little different if you play professionally...
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...questionnaire sets out to measure management and leadership skills and the style by asking behavioral and situational questions of different aspects in management and leadership. These behaviors are called competencies. According to the report, “competencies are sets of behaviors or behavioural repertoires encompassing skills, knowledge, abilities, and personal attributes.” As I was reading the questions, I did my best to answer them honestly so I can get the most accurate results possible. This is what I have learned. The most important thing that I have learned and which is also stated in the ‘Introduction” section is that, “Psychological test do not measure the whole you which is why they need to be interpreted in the context of other information about you.” With that in mind, I have reviewed and analyzed the report to see if it truly reflects my current management and leadership styles and behaviors. In the section titled, “Leadership Level,” my scores ranged from 5 to 8 with the average score of 6 on the CLQ key factor scale. This indicated that based on my responses, I’m just as effective as the average manager. The CLQ report suggested that I need to improve my management competencies and skills to have a competitive edge which will prepare me for more challenging management and leadership positions. I absolutely agree with this finding. Currently as a personal banker, I lack the ability to grow and improve my management skills because my current job description does not emphasize...
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...Effective Teamwork Christy Hardee SOC/110 November 9, 2015 Larry Bohleber Effective Teamwork * What are the characteristics of effective teams? There are several characteristics to achieving effective teamwork. The first is having clear goals. This is necessary so that all team members understand the purpose and vision of the team. It is important to understand where the team is headed. People tend to support what they help to create. Team members who were involved in establishing the goals will work to achieve them. Next is defining roles within the team. It’s important for each member to understand their job function and for leaders to tap into the skills and talents of group members. One of most important characteristics in teamwork is having clear and open communication. Problems that emerge in groups can often be traced back to communication problems. Effective communication will keep a team informed and focused. Communication “breakdowns” can often be attributed to poor listening skills. It’s important to focus on hearing the message before forming our own conclusions about the message. Distractions can prevent us from giving out full attention to the speaker. Awareness of various decision making methods can help a team make efficient decisions. Team members contribute when appropriate, and member’s opinions are valued and sought. It is important when leaders define what type of participation they expect from members. Leaders help to create a climate...
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