Team formation
- Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning (Tuckman and Jensen, 1977)
Team forming, Team building, Team management, Team/Project assesment (Teaching Teamwork in Information Systems by Connie E. Wells, from Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century 1930708343)
Team characteristics
- Katzenbach and Smith, 1993
- Small size (2-25, 3-5)
- Complementary skills
- Commitment to a common purpose
- Have performance goals and approach
- Hold themselves mutually accountable
Skopec & Smith, 1997
- Identity
- Mission
- Great expectations
- Commonly accepted procedures
- Feedback
- Team-building
- Hoffer, et al., 1996
- Selection of team members
- Having a common purpose (goal) and a commitment to the goal
- Mutual trust among competent team members
- Interdependence among team members
- Good communication among members
- Sense of empowerment and proper support from management
- Team-building skills (from training)
- Socializing and celebration
Essential behaviors
Cooperation
Communication
Counterproductive behaviors
Social Loafing (Latane, Williams, & Harkins, 1979) (Karau & Williams, 1993) (Hackman, 1986) The reduction of individual contributions within a group.
Free Riders (Sweeney, 1973) don't perform in a group, believing their individual effort isn't important.
Sucker Effect (Johnson & Johnson, 1997) Good performers slack off to avoid others taking advantage of them.
Competition, individual goals become more important than common goal. Mixed motives.
Over-cooperation, leading to overconformity and poor decision making.
References
Group Dynamics for Teams by Daniel Levi (0761922547)