Week 2 - Team Work Flashcards
What is a team?
May have all of the characteristics of a group but additionally have a higher degree of shared purpose, shared goals, higher levels of interaction and greater sense of identity.
What is a group?
Attraction between members, friendship between members, some shared goals, some shared characteristics
What did Tuckermann (1965) identify as the 4 different stages of team formation?
Forming
Norming
Storming
Performing (adjourning)
What occurs in the forming stage or team formation?
Familiarisation with other members of the team and the organisation, comparisons within the team, determination of membership, communication established and relationships tested
What occurs in the storming stage or team formation?
Resistance to leaders, managers, coaches, interpersonal conflicts, emotional conflict and role resistance.
What occurs in the norming stage or team formation?
Solidarity, cooperation, role stability and acceptance, development of mutual respect, focus on opponents, increased satisfaction, group cohesion starts here.
What occurs in the performing stage or team formation?
Members begin to seriously interact and support each other, focus on solving problems as a group, interpersonal relationships stabilise, support systems develop, real performance and team cohesion starts here.
Define cohesion….
The total field of force which act on members to remain in the group
Dynamic and multidimensional
Define social cohesion…
The degree to which members of a tael like each other and enjoy one another’s company
Define task cohesion…
The degree to which group members work together to achieve common goals and objectives.
Define role…
Set of behaviours required/expected of a team member occupying a certain position within a team
What 3 things do good role relations contain?
Role clarity
Role acceptance
Role empathy
Within good role relations, role clarity means…
Knowing exactly what role is within team (goals?), knowing how this role contributes to team as a whole.
Within good role relations, role acceptance means…
Willingness to adopt and maintain role
Within good role relations, role empathy means…
Understanding the roles and contributions of others on the team.
Define norms…
Levels of performance or patterns of behaviour to be adopted by the whole team
Why are norms essential?
For performance and behaviour
What are the benefits of norms?
To assess adherence to norms
To establish individual contributions to normative behaviour
With reference to team climate what do good teams need?
Social support Distinctiveness Fairness Similarity Proximity
Why do good teams need social support?
Players benefit form knowing they have somewhere to turn, they value equitable relationships
Why do good teams need distinctiveness?
Teams value their own identity separate form others, uniforms shirts etc
Why do good teams need fairness?
Players need to know that they are valued and will be treated equally in terms of discipline and recognition
Why do good teams need similarity?
Teams need to recognise similarities and common ground within the group in order to promote respect and interaction
Why do good teams need proximity?
Spending time together off field as well a so. It, development of recognition
