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During his research, Meredith Belbin found that each of the behaviors were essential in getting the team successfully from start to finish. The key was balance. Dr. Belbin established that the most successful teams were not those with the highest intellect, but those balanced in Team Roles. Belbin identified nine Team Roles, each of which provided a unique contribution to a team situation.

1. Follow the provided links and do independent research to learn about Belbin's team roles and how they can contribute to forming and managing successful teams.

http://www.belbin.com/about/belbin-team-roles/ (Links to an external site.)

http://changingminds.org/explanations/preferences/belbin.htm (Links to an external site.)

http://www.managementcentre.co.uk/knowledgebase/high-performing-teams-belbins-team-roles (Links to an external site.)

2. First, use Belbin's team roles (see image below) to analyze what role you play in your team. Second, identify the roles of the other people in your team. Third, write a short response, use the following questions as a guide:

Is your team well balanced?
Do you have enough people in your team for each role?
What is your role in the team?
What roles are not taken? What are the implications?
If it would be entirely up to you, what types of members would you like to add to your team to make it well balanced? Would you like to move some members out of your team and why? (Please do not use real names)
Based on your research and experience working in teams, do you find Belbin framework useful?

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The solution provides information, assistance and advise in tackling the task (see above) on the work of RM Belbin in relation to Team roles and management. Resources are listed for further exploration of the topic. A word version is attached.

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Hi and thank you for using Brainmass. The solution below should get you started. In this particular task, you are asking for help in putting together a discussion that draws from the research of RM Belbin on management, teams and roles. I suggest using this simple outline:
1. On Belbin's Work - 200 words
2. Q&A Table answering -
Is your team well balanced?
Do you have enough people in your team for each role?
What is your role in the team?
What roles are not taken? What are the implications?
If it would be entirely up to you, what types of members would you like to add to your team to make it well balanced? Would you like to move some members out of your team and why?
3. Reflection on usefulness of Belbin's work - 200 words (with example)
4. Resources

This outline should yield over a thousand words and a clear engagement with Belbin's work. You can use the listed resources for further exploration of the topic. A word version is also attached. You can use the feedback section if you need further clarification. All the best with your studies.
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AE 105878/Xenia Jones
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Belbin's Team Roles Reflection

Team role inventory (TRI) is a theory proposed by psychologist and academic Meredith Belbin whose specialisation is understanding the social dynamics of groupwork, teams and organizations. His 1981 Book (Belbin 1981) presented the fruits of a 7-year interdisciplinary research that combine insights from mathematics, anthropology, psychology and sociology to present an understanding of team building , the roles that are taken up by team members, team behaviours, leadership, the impact of team-size and the environment setting, designing teams, teams in public affairs, etc. This book provided insight on how and why teams succeed and fail and it also provides a self-perception inventory at the end of the book to allow readers to match their own personalities to team roles identified in the book. This 1981 book has become widely read and distributed in management and human resources over the years so that Belbin's work has made an impact in the manner by which present organizations approach and design their organizations and working style.

Belbin's Team Roles Enumerated

Following Belbin's TRI, these team roles identified in Belbin's research have come to be defined as behaviours and ...

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