COMM 292 Lecture : Chapter 6 - Groups and Teamwork.docx

• School: UBC
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 292
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Group - two or more people with a common relationship: do not necessarily engage in collective work that requires interdependent effort. Team - a small number of people who work closely together toward a common objective and are accountable to one another. Organizations focus on effectiveness and efficiency and find teams a good way to mange talent: teams are more flexible and responsive to change, teams have capability to quickly assemble, deploy, refocus and disband. Four most common kinds of teams: problem-solving teams. Task force - a temporary cross-functional team. Committee - a group composed of members from different departments. Skunkworks - cross-functional teams that develop spontaneously to create new products or work on complex problems: typically found in high tech sector and allowed to work on new ideas in isolation, virtual teams. For virtual teams to be effective: trust is established among team members, team progress is monitored closely, effort and products of team are publicized through organization.