Public Administration - Municipal OBR250 Lecture 8: 8 - 2
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Team members must share materials, information, or expertise to perform their jobs. Teams are usually better because high interdependence. But teams less effective if task goals differ (e. g. serving different clients) use other coordinating mechanisms. Less process los -- need less time to coordinate roles and resolve differences. More engaged with team know members, more influence on the team. But team must be large enough to accomplish task. Effective team members must be willing and able to work on the team. Effective team members possess specific competencies (5 c"s in diagram) Team members have diverse knowledge, skills, perspectives, values, etc. Take longer to become a high-performing team. Susceptible to faultlines less motivation to coordinate. Role: a set of behaviors that people expected to perform because they hold certain positions in a team and organization. Formal team roles and informal team roles.