Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter 11: Chapter 11 – Team Characteristics and Processes

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Ellen Choi

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Team: two or more people who work interpedently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose. Teams special type of group, and a group as just a collection of two or more people. Special because: the interactions among members revolve around a deeper dependence on one another than the interactions within groups, interactions within teams occur with a specific task-related purpose in mind. Members of a team depend on one another for critical information, materials, and actions needed to accomplish goals related to their purpose for being together. The (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e of toda(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:449)o(cid:396)k (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)es tea(cid:373)s. As work has become more complex interactions among multiple team members have become more vital interactions allow the team to pool complementary knowledge and skills. The task, unit, and member qualities, that can be used to describe teams. Team characteristics provide a means of categorizing and examining teams, which is important becomes teams come in all different shapes and sizes.