BUS 272 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Virtual Team, Instant Coffee, Clairol

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Zorana Svedic

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Two or more people with a common relationship, eg coworkers. Do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)ily e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) collective work that requires interdependent effort: teams. A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. Team members share leadership, accountability for the work of the team. Works on problem solving continuously rather than just at scheduled meeting times. Measure of effectiveness is the tea(cid:373)(cid:859)s out(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a(cid:374)d goals, while efficiency is related to individuals, eg peer evaluation. Growing popularity of teams in organizations teams are more flexible and responsive to changing events capable to quickly assemble, deploy, refocus, and disband. More motivational (eg having greater task identity, with team members working on tasks together) teams typically outperform individuals when the tasks being done require multiple skills, judgment, and experience, but it is not necessarily appropriate in every situation.