RSM100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ingroups And Outgroups, Specific Performance, Irving Janis
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Rsm week 10 role and function of teams. Teams are better than individuals when . Teams decide how to work and evaluate themselves and each other. A variety of skills, knowledge, abilities (ksa"s) is required; do not overlook skills in team function. Make better decisions, but take longer to do it. Produce a better product than any individual. Suffer from groupthink (concurrence seeking), waste lots of time. Finished product not better than best member"s. Process is crucial to the product; get a process checker; be accountable to each other for the process. Divide labour wisely; if you"re not building, evaluate and give feed back. Be available to lend your expertise when required; allow others to utilize theirs. Have contingency plans to u[grade or restart their work process. In groups, planning and execution time are inversely related. Actual group productivity = potential productivity process losses.