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1
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Group = Team

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• two or more people
• aware of belonging in
• interact with each other
• are interdependent
• work together to achieve a 
common goal
2
Q

Aggregate

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unrelated people
in a temporary close proximity
• Can aggregates form groups
or teams?

3
Q

A Team is…

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• “An energetic group of people committed to achieving common
objectives and producing high-quality results.” (Francis & Young, 1970, p. 8)
• “A group of individuals working together in which individual success is
based on group success.” (Lanza, 1985, p. 47)
• “A small group of individuals who share responsibility for outcomes for
their organizations.” (Sundstrom et al., 1990, p. 120)
• “A group in which individuals share a common aim.” (A

4
Q

Why do organizations use teams?

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• Can achieve more than a single person
• Cross-functional and multi-industry collaboration (specific skills,
knowledge and expertise)
• Stimulate and energize employees
• Stronger relationships between employees
• Enhance creative solutions
• Concurrent work reduces time

5
Q

Hawthorne studies

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we behave differently

when being observed

6
Q

A taxonomy of teams

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7
Q

Tasks in teams

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• Additive tasks – the final product is the sum of team member‘s
individual work
• Conjunctive tasks – the performance of one member depends on
another‘s (the least capable member determines the performance)
• Disjunctive tasks - the performance of one member depends on
another‘s (the most capable member determines the performance)

8
Q

Five stage model

A
9
Q

Input-Process-Output (IPO) model

A
10
Q

Formal leadership

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  • Authoritative (focus on efficiency)
  • Democratic (practices social equality)
  • Laissez-faire (allows self direction)
  • Transactional (focus on a task)
  • Transformational (focus on people)
  • Charismatic
11
Q

Informal leadership

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  • Shared leadership

* Emerging leadership

11
Q

Informal leadership

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  • Shared leadership

* Emerging leadership