ADMS 3410 Study Guide - Meritocracy, Conflict Resolution, Sensitivity Training

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3410
• Professor: Paul Fairlie

Document Summary

Week 9 training and development applications: training for teams. Why people join groups: affiliation people join groups to get their social needs met, attraction b/c they are attracted to the goals that the group has set, activities are of interest to us, assistance, access (proximity) Research has shown that effective performance in teams requires a number of different elements. It is important to keep these in mind because out team based training must be consistent with these requirements. Interaction: appropriate (relatively small) size, complementary and required skill sets, appropriate role behaviours, common purpose/vision, specific goals, common approach ( means") to achieving the goals, mutual accountability. Four main steps in the group formation process model by tuckman. The importance for t&d is that depending on the stage you are in you might need different training. The stages are: forming not yet a group, storming some differences in ways to approach the goals, leader(s) has not been identified.