MGTS1601 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Loafing, Interpersonal Attraction, Job Satisfaction
A group is any number of individuals who form a unit, cluster or aggregate
A team can be thought of as a specific type of group, but a group is not
always a team
Work Groups individually
- Goal: A work group interacts primarily to share information that would
help each member perform their own area of responsibility
- Accountability: Members are individually accountable
- Synergy: Their performance is the summation of each member’s
individual contribution, i.e. + =
➢ No synergy
- Skills: Random and varied
Work Teams together
- Goal: (igh degree of interdependence that is geared towards the
achievement of a common goal or completion of a task
- Accountability: Members hold one another mutually accountable
- Synergy: )ndividual efforts are combined to form a level of performance
greater than the sum of individual inputs, i.e. + =
➢ Positive synergy
- Skills: Complementary it is hoped!
Problem Solving Teams: A team formed to diagnose 诊断 a particular problem,
discuss how work processes can be improved, and make specific
recommendations
Self-Managed Teams: A team formed to implement solutions or to complete a
specific project using resources that are available to them 成立一个团队以实施解
决方案或使用可用的资源完成特定项目
✓ Due to the high autonomy 自主性 given, team members become more
accountable for their collective performance, and likely to experience job
satisfaction
x )nterpersonal dynamics are difficult to manage and the rise of power
struggles 人际动态难以管理，权利斗争崛起
Cross Functional Teams: Employees from about the same hierarchical level, but
from different work areas, who come together to accomplish a task
✓ To enhance the diversity of people in terms of functional backgrounds
x The more diverse the people, the more difficult to manage
Virtual Teams 虚拟团队: A team of members who are geographically dispersed
and will have to rely on communication media 地理位置分散
✓ Reduced logistics coordination
x Team members report less satisfaction with the group interaction process
Multi-Team System: A collection of two or more interdependent 依存 teams
that share a superordinate goal; a team of teams
)magine the coordination of response needed after a major car accident
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A group is any number of individuals who form a unit, cluster or aggregate. A team can be thought of as a specific type of group, but a group is not always a team. Goal: a work group interacts primarily to share information that would help each member perform their own area of responsibility. Synergy: their performance is the summation of each member"s individual contribution, i. e. (cid:883) + (cid:883) = (cid:884) Goal: (igh degree of interdependence that is geared towards the achievement of a common goal or completion of a task. Accountability: members hold one another mutually accountable. Synergy: )ndividual efforts are combined to form a level of performance greater than the sum of individual inputs, i. e. (cid:883) + (cid:883) = (cid:885) Problem solving teams: a team formed to diagnose a particular problem, discuss how work processes can be improved, and make specific recommendations.
