The technology sector is the part of the economy with the most innovation. Of all the patents filled in 2015, 43% off them was related to the information technology industry or telecommunication (Friedman 2015). New hardware and software are built and upgraded every day. And for a company to be able to maintain their market share, innovation needs to be a big part of their company culture. Teams is a way to do exactly that. Most importantly, prospering teams are a tool companies use to get the best ideas out of people. In other words, good teams are easier to monetize. But not all teams prosper.
It’s pretty common to have heard of, or even experienced a bad team situation. Inefficient or ineffective teams are a big problem in companies throughout …show more content…
This paper will contain a look at the challenges managers face when trying to get people to work together, and the misperceptions of “the perfect team”. We are also looking into some personal experiences from one of the people hired by Google to help them find out why some teams prosper while other fail.
It’s said that Googles fundamental belief, as is true for many other companies, is that its only when a team comes together that you actually get the best ideas out of each person, and the best way of getting things done (Duhigg 2016). But one of the biggest questions is how to build the perfect team. Google knew that teams was the answer to, not only, efficient and effective workers, but also to getting the best out of each individual. With this in mind, they started a project called Project Aristotle.
Project Aristotle was Googles quest on trying to figure out how to build the perfect team. Initially their hypothesis was that the best teams are the teams where you put people together who like each other (Duhigg 2016). They thought they needed a good mix of introverts and extroverts, people who are friends away from the conference room. Julia, a MBA graduate from Yale, was assigned to this
It’s pretty common to have heard of, or even experienced a bad team situation. Inefficient or ineffective teams are a big problem in companies throughout …show more content…
This paper will contain a look at the challenges managers face when trying to get people to work together, and the misperceptions of “the perfect team”. We are also looking into some personal experiences from one of the people hired by Google to help them find out why some teams prosper while other fail.
It’s said that Googles fundamental belief, as is true for many other companies, is that its only when a team comes together that you actually get the best ideas out of each person, and the best way of getting things done (Duhigg 2016). But one of the biggest questions is how to build the perfect team. Google knew that teams was the answer to, not only, efficient and effective workers, but also to getting the best out of each individual. With this in mind, they started a project called Project Aristotle.
Project Aristotle was Googles quest on trying to figure out how to build the perfect team. Initially their hypothesis was that the best teams are the teams where you put people together who like each other (Duhigg 2016). They thought they needed a good mix of introverts and extroverts, people who are friends away from the conference room. Julia, a MBA graduate from Yale, was assigned to this