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A class between individuals arising out of a difference in thought process, attitudes, understanding and interests
What is conflict?
The unity or solidarity of a group
What is group cohesivenss?
Conflict that supports the groups of the goals and improves its performance
What is functional conflict?
Usual, typical, standard or expected behavior in the context of teamwork and collaborations
What are norms?
Periods of bursts of change after long periods without change
What is punctuated equilibrium?
A method of philosophical argument that involves some sort of contradictory process between opposing sides
What is the dialectic method?
A person who advocates an opposing or unpopular cause for the sake of argument or to expose it to a thorough examination.
What is devil's advocacy?
The 1st stage in Tuckman's model of team development
What is forming?
A group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology
What is a virtual team?
A group of workers that work without supervision
What is a self-managed team?
The extent to which group members reflect on and communicate about the group's objectives, strategies, and processes, allowing them to interpret their accomplishments and prepare for future action
What is group reflexivity?
The 2nd stage of Tuckman's model of team development
What is storming?
Where members of a group or team share common goals and know that working together is both individually and collectively beneficial
What is team member interdependence?
The actions of individuals that help preserve the relationships in a group
What are maintenance roles?
The 3rd stage in Tuckman's model of team development
What is norming?
The type of roles that individuals can take-on within a group are all centered around the tasks that the group needs to accomplish
What are task roles?
A group of people who perform interdependent tasks to work toward accomplishing a common mission or specific objective
What is a team?
A set of people, organizations, or things which are considered together because they have something in common
What is a group?
Conflict that leads to an overall decline in communication or performance of a group
What is dysfunctional conflict?
A document that defines your team's overall objectives, resources, and constraints
What is a team charter?
The 4th stage of Tuckman's model of team development
What is performing?
Groups that get created spontaneously as soon as individuals start interacting with each other
What are informal groups?
A working practice whereby individuals work together for a common purpose to achieve business benefits
What is collaboration?
A group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common goal.
What is a cross-functional team?
Tuckman's 5th and final stage in the model of team development
What is adjourning?