The characteristics of excellence that the task force was lacking are: Clear, Elevating goal. “A compelling purpose energizes team members, orients them toward their collective objective and fully engages their talents” (Hackman, 2012, p. 437) Team goal must be very clear so that one can tell whether the performance objective has been realized.” (Northouse, p. 368) In this case, the team could not seem to agree on what the charge to the team meant. In the beginning of the meeting there was no clear goal, orientation or plans in place for the committee to work on about what the committee should accomplish, they were just given a task and was asked to do outside research.
Results-driven structure – the team could not find the best structure for accomplishing their goals. There were no task design, team composition, and core norms of conduct. They were just doing their own thing and came back to the meetings with their own research and knowledge. And Kim didn’t want to admit to the university president that the team did not know what they were doing.
Collaborative climate – the team could not seem to agree on what the charge …show more content…
389) Internally, I would have to intervene by coaching team members in interpersonal skills and encourage collaboration as they need to listen each other’s perspectives with trust and respect so that the team could reach an agreement on goals and know what they are doing in their assigned task. Externally, despite of the president’s own crisis in the university, I would be honest and still inform the president that the team members had lost their interest and focus on working on the goals of the university and that team members had stopped working on their assignments and the report was never
Results-driven structure – the team could not find the best structure for accomplishing their goals. There were no task design, team composition, and core norms of conduct. They were just doing their own thing and came back to the meetings with their own research and knowledge. And Kim didn’t want to admit to the university president that the team did not know what they were doing.
Collaborative climate – the team could not seem to agree on what the charge …show more content…
389) Internally, I would have to intervene by coaching team members in interpersonal skills and encourage collaboration as they need to listen each other’s perspectives with trust and respect so that the team could reach an agreement on goals and know what they are doing in their assigned task. Externally, despite of the president’s own crisis in the university, I would be honest and still inform the president that the team members had lost their interest and focus on working on the goals of the university and that team members had stopped working on their assignments and the report was never