MGT 125 Lecture 4: MGT 125 Notes 4

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Management
• Course: MGT 125
• Professor: budgay

Document Summary

Multiple area of expertise -to finish work that cannot be done by one person. Offers team a diversity of knowledge, ideas and opinion. Time one person would take too long to complete the project. Virtual teams: a team of people who work together largely through computerbased rather than face-to-face interactions, advantages: Poor communication: successful virtual teams, engage in social" interaction, have clearly defined roles, have positive attitudes and commitment to team goals. Forming includes defining groups purpose, structure and leadership. Storming conflict over who controls the group. Members acknowledge existence but do not want the rules of the group. Norming characterised by close relationships and cohesiveness. Performing at this stage the group is fully functional. Adjourning concerned with wrapping up activities. Task accomplishment roles help group focus on task at hand such as evaluating, opinion seeking, summarising, etc. Maintaining group member satisfaction roles that help maintain good interpersonal relationships within the group such as encouraging, gate keeping, following, compromising, etc.