Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team explores the nature of team formation using a short term activity (Ted, 2010). During the activity teams are formed a goal is defined and supplies are provided and the activity was completed (Ted, 2010). What the participates learned is that most of the time set aside for the activity was used while leadership struggles were taking place(Ted, 2010)..
Defined
A team is defined as a group of people brought together to perform a common task (Sohmen, 2013). This group was required to learn to work together and cooperate in order to achieve the assigned goal (Sohmen, 2013). Typically teams were constructed of a diverse group of individuals who have the skills necessary to reach the organizational target (Sohmen, …show more content…
A reactive team is a poor performing team (Donovan, 2015). They failed to have or understand the common goal they needed to reach (Donovan, 2015). These team members do what is required to get by there is no motivation to do more than the minimum (Donovan, 2015). A dependent team has a clear goal but because the leader specifies not only what is needed but how the goal is achieved there is no opportunity for team members to improve the process (Donovan, 2015). This type of team the leaders is the only recognized expert, all others only perform assigned task (Donovan, 2015). An independent team members have the opportunity to leverage skills of the team members, the leader supplies a clear goal to be achieved but allows the member the opportunity to offer ideas on how to achieve those goals (Donovan, 2015). The failing of the independent team type is that members are competing with each other for status and recognition (Donovan, 2015). Therefore some team members will withhold ideas or suggestion to improve upon other team member’s plans that could be more successful to the overall organization (Donovan, 2015). The interdependent team is the most successful team, these members work together building upon each other’s ideas (Donovan, 2015). The team is recognized together, success is shared with all team members (Donovan, 2015). The organizational goal is the motivating purpose and even the leader’s ideas can be analyzed and criticized by the team (Donovan,
Defined
A team is defined as a group of people brought together to perform a common task (Sohmen, 2013). This group was required to learn to work together and cooperate in order to achieve the assigned goal (Sohmen, 2013). Typically teams were constructed of a diverse group of individuals who have the skills necessary to reach the organizational target (Sohmen, …show more content…
A reactive team is a poor performing team (Donovan, 2015). They failed to have or understand the common goal they needed to reach (Donovan, 2015). These team members do what is required to get by there is no motivation to do more than the minimum (Donovan, 2015). A dependent team has a clear goal but because the leader specifies not only what is needed but how the goal is achieved there is no opportunity for team members to improve the process (Donovan, 2015). This type of team the leaders is the only recognized expert, all others only perform assigned task (Donovan, 2015). An independent team members have the opportunity to leverage skills of the team members, the leader supplies a clear goal to be achieved but allows the member the opportunity to offer ideas on how to achieve those goals (Donovan, 2015). The failing of the independent team type is that members are competing with each other for status and recognition (Donovan, 2015). Therefore some team members will withhold ideas or suggestion to improve upon other team member’s plans that could be more successful to the overall organization (Donovan, 2015). The interdependent team is the most successful team, these members work together building upon each other’s ideas (Donovan, 2015). The team is recognized together, success is shared with all team members (Donovan, 2015). The organizational goal is the motivating purpose and even the leader’s ideas can be analyzed and criticized by the team (Donovan,