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Session 1_Group _ Team Overview_Lesson 1_Defining Teams and Groups (1)
Session 1_Group _ Team Overview_Lesson 1_Defining Teams and Groups (1)
In-group Working
Skills
WORKING For efficiency, please! Check meeeeee….
RULES • BE ACTIVE
• AVOID DISTRACTION
• Silent phone
• No personal chats
• PREPARE YOURSELF • No social media
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COURSE SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will cover both working in groups and
communication skills - both classic and current
theories of group communication & team work that
focus on "how groups work" and include practical
information on group communication strategies and
skills that emphasize "how to work in groups".
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SYLLABUS
ASSESSMENTS (MARKS)
- 01 Participation: 10%
- 02 Group Assignments: 20%
- 03 Activities: 15%
- 01 Quiz: 05% Conditions to pass:
- 01 Group Project: 30% - Final exam >= 4
- 01 Final exam: 20% - Grade Average >= 5/10
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ACTIVITY
FORMING GROUPS
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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1 Defining teams and groups
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1. Defining teams and groups
Groupppp……….
….!
What is a group?
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1. Defining Teams and Groups
Teammmm…..….!
What is a team?
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What is a team?
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ACTIVITY 1
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A team: as a particularly cohesive and
“ purposeful type of work group
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TEAM
CHARACTERISTICS
• A Definable Membership: a collection of
three or more people identifiable by name or
type;
• A Group Consciousness or Identity: the
members think of themselves as a group;
• A Sense Of Shared Purpose: the members
share some common task or goals or interests;
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TEAM CHARACTERISTICS (cont.)
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ACTIVITY 2
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People are more willing to support
“ and defend work they helped create.
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ACTIVITY 3
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When to work alone, in groups
or in teams?
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hierarchical structure
Staff
Vestibulum
performing
similar
congue
tasks
Vestibulum Vestibulum
Junior managers
congue
Senior managers congue
Elements
of a
hierarchical
structure
Vestibulum Groups
Vestibulum
of junior
congue
Departmental managers
congue
heads
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TRADITIONAL HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF
ORGANIZATIONS
• Staff performing similar tasks - grouped together reporting to a single
supervisor;
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TRADITIONAL HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF
ORGANIZATIONS
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TRADITIONAL HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS
Head of Head of
Department/Unit Leads Manufacturing Engineering
Manager:
Widget
Junior Managers Production
Manager: Manager:
Supervisors Assembly Packing
Line operator
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Team Size – Group Size
Group:
10 20
Team:
people
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people
THE FUNCTIONAL TEAM
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The functional team
• Matrix structures
are more common
in large and
multinational
organizations.
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The matrix team
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The functional team
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The functional team
Mixed-structure Team
• Some members may be employed to work full time
• Others may work part time
• Some may be part of a matrix arrangement
• Some others may be part of a functional hierarchy
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ACTIVITY 4 - DISCUSION
• “Self-managed teams”
• "Self-organizing teams”
• "Dispersed Virtual teams”.
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Comparing Self-managed and Self-Organizing Teams
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Systems map showing components influencing team effectiveness
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Q&A
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