Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Team Membership and Roles

Reasons why people participates in teams:
  • they want to be progressive in making decisions that affect their work
  • they believe that being involved in teams will enhance their potential for promotion or other job opportunities
  • they believe that teams will be privy to information that typically is not available to individuals
  • they enjoy the feeling of accomplishment and believe that teams provide greater possibilities
  • they want to use team meetings to address personal agendas
  • they are genuinely concerned about the future of the organization and feel a sense of obligation to help improve it
  • they enjoy the recognition and rewards associated with team activity
  • they find teams to be a comfortable social environment

Reasons many people refuse to join teams:

  • outside committments
  • fear or embarrassment
  • overwhelming workload
  • mistrust of management
  • fear of failure or losing one's job
  • simply "i don't care" attitude

to be effective, team members must be a representative of the departments or functions related to the problem being addressed

team members assume a variety of roles in performing their duties.

team members must possess the necessary technical knowledge to solve the problem at hand

team membership must possess diversity

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