1. There are several things Cindy could have adjusted that may have worked better. After looking at the results from the Big-5 Personality that each employee submitted, sorting the employees that had similar personalities are more than likely to butt heads by wanting to do the same tasks or not agreeing on everything. With having a broader group of different personalities, the employees are more than likely to talk things out and spread out task evenly to best fits each person. Not distributing personalities equally does not promote teamwork and will be more problematic rather than success.
Secondly, she split up the employees by the ages, whether they are younger or older than forty years old. In the text, Cindy states the older individuals, …show more content…
First, I would have everybody complete the Big-5 personality test that Cindy asked them to do. However, when splitting them up, I would want to equally distribute each personality with each group. Such as somebody who is a leader in each group, and somebody who is more technical in each group and so on. That way each group has employees that excel in different areas to help complete their jobs more efficiently. With that being said, I would also distribute the age equally throughout the groups so each group has experienced and inexperienced employees that can help each other out. With these two changes, I could really see an increase of work productivity in the IT department of the Edu-Link company.
2. Drawing from McCelland’s Need Theory, it is possible that workers within teams are not satisfied with their teamwork due to so-called “needs” not being satisfied. As teams of eight are now working on projects that were initially meant for solo work, team members may feel a lack of drive to push forward due to the job being simplified to that of eight players instead of one. This indicates no satisfaction for the need for achievement or, “desire to accomplish something difficult” (Soleymani …show more content…
As members from opposite groups don’t get along, they were perhaps much more satisfied working alone than with the rival age group. They cannot engage in social activity nor encourage the other group to strive forward, which possibly contributed to lackluster performance.
Another source of reasoning may be drawn from Alderfer’s ERG theory, in which the reasons above may reflect existence, relatedness, and growth needs. Again, as the two age groups have much difficulty cooperating, it drives down the physiological well-being of members whom are uncomfortable with the others (neglects existence). As they cannot relate either due to a gender gap, relatedness is also neglected, perhaps the hardest due to this fact. Growth is likely neglected too, as a result of the once challenging solo task now being collaborated with the whole group, which doesn’t foster challenge as
Secondly, she split up the employees by the ages, whether they are younger or older than forty years old. In the text, Cindy states the older individuals, …show more content…
First, I would have everybody complete the Big-5 personality test that Cindy asked them to do. However, when splitting them up, I would want to equally distribute each personality with each group. Such as somebody who is a leader in each group, and somebody who is more technical in each group and so on. That way each group has employees that excel in different areas to help complete their jobs more efficiently. With that being said, I would also distribute the age equally throughout the groups so each group has experienced and inexperienced employees that can help each other out. With these two changes, I could really see an increase of work productivity in the IT department of the Edu-Link company.
2. Drawing from McCelland’s Need Theory, it is possible that workers within teams are not satisfied with their teamwork due to so-called “needs” not being satisfied. As teams of eight are now working on projects that were initially meant for solo work, team members may feel a lack of drive to push forward due to the job being simplified to that of eight players instead of one. This indicates no satisfaction for the need for achievement or, “desire to accomplish something difficult” (Soleymani …show more content…
As members from opposite groups don’t get along, they were perhaps much more satisfied working alone than with the rival age group. They cannot engage in social activity nor encourage the other group to strive forward, which possibly contributed to lackluster performance.
Another source of reasoning may be drawn from Alderfer’s ERG theory, in which the reasons above may reflect existence, relatedness, and growth needs. Again, as the two age groups have much difficulty cooperating, it drives down the physiological well-being of members whom are uncomfortable with the others (neglects existence). As they cannot relate either due to a gender gap, relatedness is also neglected, perhaps the hardest due to this fact. Growth is likely neglected too, as a result of the once challenging solo task now being collaborated with the whole group, which doesn’t foster challenge as