At the end of year one business level 3, we will be doing a
project work in team of 5 people maximum within the tutor group. We will be focus on a project joins this
summer. This projects it to start an
event at Spitalfields city farm. The teacher managed to help use to team up and
put each people in different team. In
our team we have Yusheng, Steven, Tunde, Abdi and Lloyd.
P1
In this assignment I will describe different types of team
and the benefits of teams for two organisations.
The first organisation is a team made by business course
student. I am one of the team members. It is a team that focus on a project
joins this summer. This projects it to
start an event at Spitalfields city farm. We decided to do a charity which is to
raise money for the farm animal. There are five people in our team and each
person is good at different area. . Each member in the team has certain set of
relevant skills and knowledge. When coming to the projects work, everyone gets
the advantage of shared knowledge and experience. It can make the work easier,
if a person work alone on a project, the person may struggle with some aspects
of it because of the limited experience and knowledge. When we doing the
Spitalfields city farm project work, we always pair up to do different
task. For example I am good with giving
out ideas and planning things, but as my English is not as good as Steven so
every time I’ve finished something, he will check my grammar and spelling to
make sure it`s all make sense .
Second organisation is a restaurant call Zen garden. Zen garden is a Chinese buffet restaurant
in Milton Keynes, it provide great food with decent prices so this restaurant
is really popular at local area. This company it is in private sector. There
are different types of team within the company such as the management team and
front staff team.
Having all kind
of support is other benefits of teams. Working individually sometime creates a
sense of isolation and makes people feel like there is no one else behind them.
The support of the team environment helps people increase productivity and
become more motivated at work. I am part of the employees in Zen Garden. The front
staff team stay together because we trust each other, if there is problem. We
all know what to say and what to do. For example, when a table has finished, by observe, we will know what to do next such as one person clear the table, another person set the table and one person sweep the floor.
As we shared
experience and knowledge within an organization, different roles are
responsible for different people. The management team use their management
knowledge to measure and calculi. Come out with certain plan to let staff follow
to avoid risk and problem. The front staff team will use their experience
toward different customer and follow the role which given by the management
team to provide the best service.
A company have teams which have good quality and skills is necessary, for our college project team we sick together make sure all the work are done and ready for the event. For Zen garden, all the team sick together working toward their goals which to get more customer and make more profit. Good quality team can benefit the organization and provide better quality work. It will definitely help the organization more successful.
P2
In this assignment I will explain how to build cohesive
teams that perform well by discuss the factors that help to make cohesive teams
and I will also include Meredith Belbin theory and how personalities can affect
cohesion in teams.
A cohesive team made up of different people in terms of
qualities and also made up of different people in terms of skills. A cohesive
team stick together they know how to communicate and share the experiences.
There are lots of factors that help to make a cohesive team
such as establish a mission, communicate effectively, giving feedback and
celebrate success.
Establish a mission
Make the goals of the group and how to accomplish those
goals clearly to the team members are very important. This helps the team
members to focus on specific target.
Communicate effectively
A cohesive team must have a good communication within the
group. In a cohesive team, make sure all
message are constructed can help team member clearly understand the team`s
instructions and goals.
Giving feedback
Giving feedback when you doing the project and after a
project is complete. Explain what worked well, what did not and the results of
their project. Constructive feedback will make for a good cohesive team.
Celebrate success
After the project successfully finish. It is important to
recognize the team member. Make sure the group knows you appreciate their work
and thank them.
Dr Meredith Belbin
A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of
individuals, each of whom has a role which is understood by other members.
Members of a team seek out certain roles and they perform most effectively in
the ones that are most natural to them.
Dr. R. M.
Belbin
There are three types of people within a team, people who
good at thinking, people who good at doing things and who good at dealing with
peoples.
People who good at thinking within a team, they could be the
monitor evaluator, plant and specialist. Plants could be unorthodox or
forgetful. Monitor evaluators could be overly critical and slow moving and
specialist may have a tendency to focus narrowly on their own subject of
choice.
People who good at action within a team, they could be
implementer, shaper and completer finisher. Implementer might be slow to
relinquish their plans in favour of positive changes. Shaper could rick
becoming aggressive and bad humoured in their attempts to get things done and
completer fisher could be accused of taking their perfectionism to the
extremes.
Within a team, the person who good at dealing with people,
they could be co-ordinator, resource investigator or team worker.
Co-coordinator might over delegate leaving themselves little work to do.
Resource investigators might forget to follow up on a lead and team worker
might just become indecisive when unpopular decisions need to be made.
In business having cohesive teams it is very important. As they come together to accomplish shared goals despite differences in work methods, communications and skill level. Cohesive teams make sure people feel they have someone always at behind and to back them up so people can focus on the working they doing rather than worry about something else, therefore cohesive teams is necessary for a successful business.
