Effective Team Building
1. Describe the advantages of team work.
Promotes safe and efficient patient care delivery
Creates effective interprofessional communication
Equalizes power through shared governance
Improves interpersonal relationships and job satisfaction
Promotes free exchange of ideas, team cohesion, trust, and mutual respect
Improves stability in employee satisfaction
Creates effective interprofessional communication
Equalizes power through shared governance
Improves interpersonal relationships and job satisfaction
Promotes free exchange of ideas, team cohesion, trust, and mutual respect
Improves stability in employee satisfaction
Disadvantages of team work.
May take longer to achieve a goal than one individual
Team members may have disagreements on the best course of action
Teams develop through time-consuming predictable stages of selecting the right members for the team, organizing team goals and manpower, and team collaboration
Some team members may lack interest, motivation, or skills to participate in the team process
Team members may have disagreements on the best course of action
Teams develop through time-consuming predictable stages of selecting the right members for the team, organizing team goals and manpower, and team collaboration
Some team members may lack interest, motivation, or skills to participate in the team process
Stages of a Team Process
1. Forming Stage:
1. Forming Stage:
: Group is create team meet as a team for the first time. They explore the purpose of the team, why they are called to be part of a team, and what contribution they can bring to the table. They explore the purpose of the team, why they are called to be part of a team, and what contribution they can bring to the table
Define and describe the stages of a team process outlined in Kelly.
2. Storming Stage
2. Storming Stage
They explore the purpose of the team, why they are called to be part of a team, and what contribution they can bring to the table. They explore the purpose of the team, why they are called to be part of a team, and what contribution they can bring to the table
Define and describe the stages of a team process outlined in Kelly.
3. Norming Stage:
3. Norming Stage:
A feeling of group cohesion develops. Team members master the ability to resolve conflict. Team members learn to respect differences of opinion and work together. Overcoming barriers to performance is how groups become teams
Define and describe the stages of a team process outlined in Kelly.
5. Adjourning Stage
5. Adjourning Stage
: Termination and consolidation occur in this stage. A feeling of group cohesion develops. Team members master the ability to resolve conflict. Team members learn to respect differences of opinion and work together. Overcoming barriers to performance is how groups become teams
3. Describe factors that influence a conducive teamwork environment.
Requires ongoing time and effort
Facility design allows for collaboration and interaction
Social factors
Clear identification and ownership of the team goal
Clear definition and acceptance of each person’s roles and responsibilities
Clear delineation of team processes
Clear opportunities to build trust
Facility design allows for collaboration and interaction
Social factors
Clear identification and ownership of the team goal
Clear definition and acceptance of each person’s roles and responsibilities
Clear delineation of team processes
Clear opportunities to build trust
4. Define the following team communication activities: Ambassador
Ambassador: Members carrying out these activities communicate frequently with those above them in the organizational hierarchy. This set of activities is used to protect the team from outside pressures, to persuade others to support the team and to lobby for resources
4. Define the following team communication activities:Task Coordinator
Task Coordinator: Members carrying out these activities communicate frequently with other groups and person at lateral levels in the organization. These activites include discussing problems with others, obtaining feedback, and coordinating and negotiating with outsiders.
Define the following team communication activities:Scout Activities
Scout Activities: Occur in general ideas. Scanning in the external environment
5. Describe the symptoms of groupthink in relation to team effectiveness.
Occurs when the desire for harmony and consensus overrides members’ rational efforts to appraise the situation
The consequences of groupthink are that teams may limit themselves to one possible solution and fail to conduct a comprehensive analysis of a problem
Team leaders can help avoid groupthink
The consequences of groupthink are that teams may limit themselves to one possible solution and fail to conduct a comprehensive analysis of a problem
Team leaders can help avoid groupthink