MHR 405 Study Guide - Brainstorming, Nominal Group Technique, Peer Pressure

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 405
• Professor: Robin Church

Document Summary

Teams: groups of two or more people who interact and influence each other, are mutually accountable for achieving common goals associated with organizational objectives, and perceive themselves as a social entity within an organization. Advantages: make better decision, products/ services, better information sharing. Disadvantages individuals better/faster on some tasks: process losses, social loafing. Process losses: resources (including time and energy) expended toward team development and maintenance rather than the task. Brooks"s law: the principle that adding more people to a late software project only makes it later. Social loafing: the problem that occurs when people exert less effort (and usually perform at a lower level) when working in teams than when working alone. Task interdependence: the extent to which team members must share materials, information, or expertise in order to perform their jobs. Teams better for tasks that are: sufficiently complex (require teamwork) can be divided into more specialized roles requiring frequent coordination.