HLST 3230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Reward System, Organizational Culture, Psychological Safety

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 3230
• Professor: Fatou Bagayogo

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Teams are groups, but not all groups are teams: Informal groups: not formally established or sanctioned by organization: form naturally by individuals in organization to fill personal or social interest or need. Note: teams are social systems with boundaries, interdependence among members, and differentiated member roles or structure. If complex task is to be accomplished, teamwork is most appropriate: teams have potential to create synergy and are source of empowerment, teams bring together diverse expertise and perspectives from multiple disciplines. Example of care teams a surgical team (for non urgent cases): https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=o1yezdcizxc a trau(cid:373)a (cid:272)are tea(cid:373) (cid:894)starti(cid:374)g at 17(cid:895): https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=jl4lbowhazs a multidisciplinary care team for older adults admitted in the hospital (video # 6 of the series): https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=dg6tpejpvhe&index=1&list=pl60kffsk- dsgrh7b3qq52d9e9fjsebvfj. Note: parallel teams are composed of individuals serving on other teams and carry out functions not regularly performed in the organization. Note: team processes as intermediary: intermediary is between team structures and outcome of team effectiveness.