Posted: November 24th, 2015

Teamwork and team performance

• Write a workplace based report of minimum 3,200 words and maximum 3,500 words. You must base your report an actual organization, preferably where you are full-time employed.

Topic: Teamwork and team performance

Report assessment weighting /100%
Topic background including individual and group analysis 40%
Organisational analysis and report 40%
Report structure and conclusion 20%
Suggested Report Structure:

• Abstract:
  1. It will be written at the end since overall picture of the project is available.
  2. To give an overall view of the teamwork & team performance & how it will effect positively in different manners since applied efficiently in any organization.
  3. .

• Introduction: “References shall be from academic journals”

1. What is teamwork & team performance?
2. What is a nature of teams and teamwork?

• What is team building?

1. Analyze the growing popularity of teams in organization
2. Team Versus Group: What’s the Difference
3. Types of Teams (5 types)
   • Problem-solving teams
   • Self-managed work teams
   • Cross-functional teams
   • Virtual teams
   • Multiteam systems

• Identify the characteristics of effective team?
  • Context
    1. Adequate resources
    2. Leadership and structure
    3. Climate of trust
    4. Performance evaluation and reward system
  • Composition
    1. Abilities of members
    2. Personality
    3. Allocating roles
    4. Diversity
    5. Size of teams
    6. Member flexibility
    7. Member performance

• Process
  1. Common purpose
  2. Specific goals
  3. Team efficacy
  4. Conflict levels
  5. Social loafing

• How organization can create team players:
  • Selecting: Hiring Team Players
  • Training: Creating Team Players
  • Rewarding: Providing incentives to be a good team player.

1. Check slide 10 in attached power point. “Key Roles of Teams”.

• Objectives: “Just Brief”
  1. It shall mentioned the target of the study (understand, apply & evaluate teamwork & team performance activities in X company) through the link between Topic Background (from different selected international journals) & the individual and group analysis**”check at the end** which will be described in details in Case Study through the results of company records, Memos, interviews or others.