Managing Group Dynamics in Work Teams

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The Management team of ABC Medical Supply Company consists of the Operations Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager and Accounts Manager, an accountant and a Buying manager. Though each manager is responsible for the oversight of a specific department or departments, with the exception of the accountant, there is plenty of interaction and coordination required between and among the members of the management team. The team concept within ABC Medical Supply Company is utilized to manage different sets or groups of tasks, such as with each manager having oversight of a department or departments, with similar functions. However, the team concept also involves the managers of each department working together to develop and improve processes within the organization and the ways departments communicate with each other.

Strengths of individual teams include employees motivating each other and motivation coming from a focused manager, who understands how tasks within the department contribute to the organizational goals, such as attaining the status of the largest medical supply company in the region. While many corporate decisions about the way departments operate fail to understand what each department actually does, this is not a problem at ABC. Strengths of the management team itself include years of experience in each respective area and a combined commitment to providing top notch customer service. Technology that has been adopted, through use of cloud technology and the company intranet, is responsive and able to meet the needs of both employees and managers.

Weaknesses include managers? lack of vision, in taking the technology to the next level. Managers are able to utilize technology, but often fail to consider how the system can be of benefit, when new problems arise. They communicate with each other about challenges the organization faces, but often do not communicate those challenges to executives, who may be able to organize brainstorming sessions or research viable working solutions. ?Many CEO's feel as if they are in great touch with their teams, but it's the teams who are doing the filtering? (Holstein, 2011). In addition, managers often do not include workers in their respective departments, when faced with challenges.

Organizational culture at ABC ...