by Raymond Lim

Created on: October 09, 2008   Last Updated: June 22, 2009

Teams are brought together or created deliberately. This is done through recruitment of selected individuals, or through training and development of a number of individuals who already occupy particular roles, to specific teams set up by the management. Teams are there to achieve specific organizational objectives.

What should we expect from the establishment of particularly effective teams?

Considerable advantages can be gained where an effective team unlocks their potential and encouraged and enabled others to work effectively and efficiency. Potential advantages include:

i) Increased Insight

Effective teams work well together, learn to regard the different perspectives they bring to resolve problems and provide valuable contributions for further organizational progress

ii) More Information

Effective teams will also be able to bring considerable amount of information needed to understand and resolve problems

and to maximize usage of various information.

iii) Innovation and Creativity

They provide an efficient vehicle for the generation and utilization of novel and creative ideas. They are also capable of

increased risk taking. Risk taking is related to creativity and innovation. Risk is required in the generation of ideas, so that

as wide a range as possible are considered with such teams.

How Then Can Effective Teams Be Created And Managed In The Workplace?

Effective teams required competent people as team members. In selecting team types their content skills and their abilities to

perform and interact as a member of the team is important. According to Belbin eight roles are necessary and useful in team

work. He had listed the team types with combination of personality traits best suited to fill each role in the team.

i) Chairman

Traits: dominant, extrovert, stable

Focuses on objectives; establishes work roles and boundaries for others; concerned to use human resources as effectively as

possible; clarifies and set agendas; summarizes and makes decisions when necessary; not necessarily highly intelligent or

creative; a good listener and communicator.

ii) Shaper

Traits: anxious, dominant, extrovert

High nervous energy; full of enthusiasm and drive; continually looks for opportunities for action from discussion and ideas;

heavily involved personally in the team's actions and successes; the leader of the group.

iii) Plant

Traits: dominant, high IQ, introvert

The creative ideas person; tends to bring new insights and imaginations to the task; concerned with basics rather than details;

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