What is a team?
Dilemmas of Teamwork
Virtual Teams
Managing Team Conflict
Team Processes
100

A unit of two or more people who interact and coordinate their work to accomplish a common goal to which they are committed and hold themselves mutually accountable

What is team?

100

Members hold one another accountable rather than relying on managers

What is accountability?

100

Group made up of geographically or organizationally dispersed members who are linked primarily through advanced information and telecommunications technologies

What is virtual team?

100

Disagreements about the goals to be achieved or the tasks to be performed

What is task conflict?

100

Establishment of order and cohesion

What is norming?

200

The tendency for the presence of others to enhance one’s performance

What is social facilitation?

200

People don't feel safe to reveal mistakes, share concerns or express ideas

What is lack of trust?

200

Cross-border team made up of members of different nationalities whose activities span multiple countries

What is global team?

200

•Separate the people from the problem.

•Focus on underlying interests, not current demands.

•Listen and ask questions.

•Insist that results be based on objective standards.

What is reaching a win-win solution?

200

Informal operating guidelines that establish agreed-upon behaviors about how the team’s work will get done and what members can expect from each other

What is team norm?

300

A group of employees from different departments formed to deal with a specific activity and existing only until that task is completed

What is task force?

300

A team member who attains benefits from team membership but does not actively participate in and contribute to the team’s work

What is free rider?

300

Reward people via online ceremonies and recognition

What is monitor progress?

300

Hypothetical dividing lines based on one or more demographic characteristics of members, such as age, race, or ethnicity, or on nondemographic characteristics, such as personal values or attitudes

What is faultlines?

300

Composed of emotional expression and social sensitivity

What is psychological safety?

400

A team that is small, focused on one aspect of a larger project, and has complete responsibility and all needed member expertise to produce its product or service

What is agile team?

400

Individual members set aside their personal agendas and focus on what's best for the team.

What is results orientation?

400

Share members' special experience and strengths.

What is shape team culture?

400

A person expresses conflict in a low-voltage manner; most constructive approach, using listening, debating, and deliberating.

What is high directness - low intensity?

400

Critical events, primacy, carryover behaviors, and explicit statements

What are four ways team norms develop?

500

Creativity, Quality, Speed, Productivity/Lower costs & Employee satisfaction

What is five contributions team make?

500

Members put their personal ambition ahead of the collective results

What is inattention to results?

500

Bring people together physically at least once, if possible.

What is find ways to build relationships and trust?

500

People engage in give-and-take discussions and consider various alternatives to reach a joint decision that is acceptable to both parties.

What is negotiation?

500

The extent to which members are attracted to the team and motivated to remain on the team

What is team cohesiveness?