ARBUS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Individualism

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Arts and Business
• Course: ARBUS 100
• Professor: Bob Sproule

Document Summary

Management style, nor personality of leader determines team"s success. Key factor is teams" design and support. Beyond certain sizes, often 6, usually no more than 10, teams lose their effectiveness. Over time teams become more effective due to their social nature. Tensions should arise if they are the result of differing opinions on how to achieve teams results ask different opinions! Awareness of the value of everyone"s opinions (making them heard) The management team worked at improving productivity. Command and control vs collaboration and teamwork: ideas for collaboration, implementation needs command and control. When he knows the answer he wants to implement it right away, but he needs to sit back and allow the team to input ideas and come to the conclusion. Individual skills listening skills assessment skills feedback skils negotiation skills conflict resolution skills coaching and teaching skills project management skills. The act of providing feedback: affirmative to the receiver, motivation is increased, promotes learning, and improves relationships.