what is a team?
two or more interacting and interdependent individuals who come together to achieve specific goals (formal and informal teams)
advantages of small team
- interact w each other more and easier to coordinate efforts
- more motivated, satisfied, committed
- easier to share information
- better able to see the importance of each member’s contribution
advantages and disadvantages of large teams
advantages:
- more resource
- obtain division of labor advantages
disadvantages:
- problem of communication and coordination
- lower level of motivation
- social loafing (tendency of group members to do less than they are capable of individually)
team size and effectiveness
5-7 members are optimal
too large:
- communication and coordination problems
- satisfaction decreases
- absenteeism and turnover increase
3 ways to reduce social loafing
- making individual contributions to a group identifiable when possible
- emphasizing the valuable contributions of individual members
- keeping a group size at an appropriate level
factors to build effective teams
group diversity (surface and deep level)
may lead to conflicts (task and relational)
- comformity and groupthink
- the tendency of members in highly cohesive groups to lose their critical evaluation capabilities
- related to norms of conformity in groups
relational conflict is always bad because team members:
- are not sharing ideas
- ignore each other’s advice
- become personal in their feedback
and decrease team cohesion
moderate level task conflict is good because
- energizes debate
- disagreement
- reexamines assumption
- improves responses to the external environment
self esteem is
the overall value that one places on oneself as a person
can drop when ur facing difficulties
types of conflict
- functional
- dysfunctional
- task
- relationship
- process
self compassion and well being
increases self esteem and decreases exhaustion bcs it promotes an unconditional acceptance of oneself after negative experiences
