BUS 272 Study Guide - Final Guide: Team Dynamics, Best Alternative To A Negotiated Agreement, Situational Leadership Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Kirsten Robertson

Document Summary

Team: groups of 2 or more people that interact and influence each other. > held together by interdependence and need for collaboration. > amount of influence to each other varies. Model of team effectiveness: organizational and team environment. All conditions beyond teams boundaries that influence its effectiveness: rewards : increase efficiency, communication, organizational structure, organizational leadership: provides support and strategic information, physical space: working more closely increases efficacy, team design, task characteristics, team size, team composition. > teams work best with well-structured tasks easier to coordinate work. > team structure: complexity of task: requires more skill and knowledge that a single person can handle, task structure: enables coordination, task interdependence. Task interdependence the extent to where team members must share materials, information, expertise to perform their jobs. > higher task interdependence higher need for teams. > must be large enough to provide skills but small enough for coordination and involvement. > increased responsibility for teams" success or failure.