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You will be a member of the newly-formed project staff team. This team will need to realize process gains within its first three months. You want to help, not hinder, the team's progress, so you decide to do some research upfront. You bring up your challenge at your managerial networking meeting. You pose the following questions to the group.

What kind of work group is the project staff team - task force, command group, or friendship group?
What characteristics of the team are likely to contribute to the goal of process gains within the next three months?
What are some sources of potential process losses?

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STEP 1
What kind of work group is the project staff team - task force, command group, or friendship group?
The project staff team is a task force. This team is given specific task related objectives, well-defined resources and deadline. The staff team is required to complete its task within the preset time and resource limit. The command group is an "authority" group having mainly coordination responsibilities and ensuring that the project is completed on time. A friendship group is formed for the purpose of the conviviality and is not relevant to the scenario

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What characteristics of the team are likely to contribute to the goal of process gains within the next three months?
The characteristics of the team that are likely to contribute to the goal of process gains in the next threes month are as follows: This portion is taken from the website: http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/ "Team goals are developed through a group process of team interaction and
agreement in which each team member is willing to work toward achieving these goals.
Participation is actively shown by all team members and roles are shared
to facilitate the accomplishment of tasks and feelings of group togetherness.
Feedback is asked for by members and freely given as a way of
evaluating the team's performance and clarifying both feelings and interests of the team members. When feedback is given it is done with a desire to help the other person.
Team decision making involves a process that encourages active participation
by all members.
Leadership is distributed and shared among team members and
individuals willingly contribute their resources as needed.
Problem solving, discussing team issues, and critiquing team
effectiveness are encouraged by all team ...

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