CTAC 359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Role Conflict, Quality Circle, Shared Belief
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Teams have higher levels of cooperation than standard groups. The essence of all teams is collaborative interdependence. When the team doesn"t work together, they will not succeed and achieve their goal. Teams usually consist of members with more diverse skills than those found in standard groups. A team requires complementary, not identical skills group identity: operating as a unit. Teams have a better group identity than a standard group does. Teams are easily identified: standard groups would have to tell outsiders what the group is and what their purpose is, team members have a sense of cohesiveness and oneness that exceeds the typical, standard, small group. Small groups require a limited time commitment and few resources to function. Teams require substantial resources and long-term time commitments. Not teams because members may represent diverse factions at odds with each other. Members do not have to work together to accomplish the group"s goals.
