INST 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Performance Appraisal
5 Feb 2019
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A collection of people is not a team, though they may learn to function in that way. A teama cohesive coalition of people working together to achieve mutual goals. is a cohesive coalition of people working together to achieve the team agenda (i. e. , teamwork). Being on a team is not equal to total subordination of personal agendas, but it does require a commitment to the vision and involves each individual directly in accomplishing the team"s objective. Teams differ from other types of groups in that members are focused on a joint goal or product, such as a presentation, completing in-class exercises, discussing a topic, writing a report, or creating a new design or prototype. Moreover, teams also tend to be defined by their relatively smaller size. For example, according to one definition, a team is a smallnumber of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they are mutually accountable.
