5. Principles Of Leadership And Teamwork Flashcards
Explain how leadership impacts on team performance and motivation -Maslow
Maslow hierarchy of needs suggest that people have basic physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self actualization needs that must be fulfilled in a specific order.
-A leader that recognises and addresses these needs can motivate the team members to perform
Explain why it may be necessary to change leadership styles to effectively support the management of a project
4 points
The project manager may change leadership styles for tea more diverse and very many thanks skills experience.
Project manager may act more as coach to some of the team
Project manager may not feel the need to micromanage or closely monitoring someone who does have knowledge and experience
If the project is not progressing as expected the project manager may decide to change to a more authoritative of leadership style and become more direct in his expectations from the team
Describe the characteristics of effective teams and teamwork
Hint: 5 characteristics
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Characteristics
Clear goals
Strong leadership
Mutual respect
Open communication
Diverse perspectives
Explain factors which impact on the leadership of virtual teams
Hint: 6 points
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Communication
Trust
Culture
Time zones
Task location
Technical issues
Explain factors which influence to creation development and leadership of teams ( including models such as Belbin, Margersion-McCann,Myers-Biggs, Hackman, Tuchman, Katzenbach and Smith) 
Belbin: this model proposes that individuals have certain preferred roles when working in a team and effective teams have a balance of different rules. Belbin identified 9 different team roles.
Margersion-McCann
This model is similar to Belbin model, but identifies for key areas of team behaviour: thinking, organising, communicating and adopting.
-The model proposes that affect teams have a balance of these behaviours
Myers-Biggs type indicator
This model focuses on personalities and proposes that people of different preferences perceive the world and meet decisions. The MBTI identifies 16 personality types based on four key dimensions.
-Extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling and judging/perceiving.
Hackman’s model of team effectiveness:
-this model proposes that effective themes of certain characteristics, including clear, goals, adequate resources, appropriate rewards, and a supportive organisational context.
Tuckmans stage of group development: this model proposes that teams go through several stages of development, including forming, storming, norming, preforming and adjourning.
Katzenbach and smiths model of high preforming teams: this model identifies five key characteristics of high performing teams: a common purpose, specific performancegoals, complimentary skills, mutual accountability, and a strong commitment to the team.
Explain how leadership impacts on team performance and motivation -Herzberg
Herzberg two factor theory identifies two sets of factors that influence employee motivation and job satisfaction
- hygiene factors and motivation
-hygiene factors include salary, job, security, and work conditions.
-Motivators include job, challenges, recognition and opportunities for growth
Explain how leadership impacts on team performance and motivation -Theory X and Y
McGregors theory X and theory Y suggest that leaders assumptions about the employees motivation behaviour can influence how they lead and manage them.
Theory X assumes that employees are inherently lazy, need constant supervision. while theory Y assumes employees are self-motivated and want to take responsible for the work.
A leader who adopts a theory Y approach can enpower the team members and delegate responsibilities and provide options for growth
Describe the benefits of effective teams and
Hint: 5 benefits
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Benefits
Increase productivity
Improve quality
Increase motivation
Decision-making
Enhance creativity and
