Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Conflict Resolution, Social Loafing, Team Building

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Sarah Ross

Document Summary

Team: two or more people who work independently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose: must be working together, must be dependent on one another. The use of teams has increase as work becomes more complex. The interactions among members revolve around a deeper dependence on one another than the interactions within groups. The interactions within teams occur with a specific task-related purpose in mind. Research: almost of organizations will use forms of teamwork to accomplish activities. Research: problem-solving teams could boost productivity and increase efficiency of product lines and control processes. Five general types of teams: work teams, management teams, parallel teams, project teams, action teams. Work teams: relatively permanent teams in which members work together to product goods and/or provide services. Tea(cid:373)s i(cid:374)spe(cid:272)t ea(cid:272)h othe(cid:396)(cid:859)s (cid:449)o(cid:396)k, a(cid:374)d stop the li(cid:374)e if p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)s a(cid:396)e dete(cid:272)ted so that the(cid:455) can resolve it.