Purchase Solution

team: Effectiveness, characteristics, structure, conflict ma

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Please read the "Building Effective Conceptual Skills" at the end of chapter 19 (page 636), read over the Exercise Overview, the Exercise Background.

1. Pick a team that you are currently a member of, a prior team in which you were a member, or search the Internet for an example of a real-life team. Be sure to choose one that meets these two criteria: (1) it's not part of a for-profit business and (2) you can argue it's highly effective. State the name of your team list its web site and give a brief description of the team to include their mission.

2. Determine the reasons for the team's effectiveness. (Hint: You might look for web sites sponsored by the group itself, review online news sources for current articles about it, or enter the group's name in a search engine.) Consider team characteristics and activities, such as role structures, norms, cohesiveness, and conflict management.

3. What can a manager learn from the characteristics and activities of this particular team? How might the factors that contribute to this team's success be adopted in a business setting?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This response presents a brilliant discussion on team: Effectiveness, characteristics, structure, conflict management

Solution Preview

1. Pick a team that you are currently a member of, a prior team in which you were a member, or search the Internet for an example of a real-life team. Be sure to choose one that meets these two criteria: (1) it's not part of a for-profit business and (2) you can argue it's highly effective. State the name of your team list its web site and give a brief description of the team to include their mission.

The team that I have picked is called LTS or leadership training service. This is not a for-profit organization. The website is http://ltsworld.com/ The vision of LTS is to form leaders of tomorrow who will join hands with God and people of good will to heal the broken world. The motto is For God and World. This is a youth movement for students in schools and colleges. The group has four fold objectives namely personality development, develop leadership skills, create social awareness and develop social ...

Solution provided by:
Education
  • BSc , University of Calcutta
  • MBA, Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management
Recent Feedback
  • "I read your comments, and thank you for this feedback. Do I need to find other studies that applied this methodology Ive used? That's where I'm stuck at."
  • "Thank you kindly sir. "
  • "Excellent and well explained. --Thank you kindly. "
  • "Awesome notes. I appreciate you."
  • "I have the follow-up project and I will assign that to you very soon. "
Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting

This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.

Motivation

This tests some key elements of major motivation theories.

Lean your Process

This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.

Operations Management

This quiz tests a student's knowledge about Operations Management

Learning Lean

This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.