On The Team

have to do a essay to school about build a team…. company or any work…….

This is from an article on high performance teams from Harvard Business School. Make sure you give a citation so they don’t accuse you of plaigirism.

Susan Heathfield stresses the ultimate goal of team building is "striving to improve results for customers" (Heathfield, 2007, p. 1-3) and suggests 12 Cs for building a team:

Clear Expectations – Are expectations communicated effectively?
Context – Team members must know why they are on the team.
Commitment – Team members have to be motivated to be on the team.
Competence – Do all team members feel the team is comprised of competent people?
Charter – A team needs a charter and assigned responsibilities.
Control – A team needs to be empowered to bring about the results described in the charter.
Collaboration – Team members need to understand team development, roles, and responsibilities.
Communication – Team members need to communicate with each other and the organization effectively.
Creative Innovation – The organization must truly want change to be affected from this team collaboration.
Consequences – Both rewards and risk must be clear and the team members must feel accountable.
Coordination – Teams must understand the leadership hierarchy and ultimate customer.
Cultural Change – The organization must recognize the differences between the traditional business hierarchy and the team building model.

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1. Lauren F Says:
   February 28th, 2010 at 1:24 am

   This is from an article on high performance teams from Harvard Business School. Make sure you give a citation so they don’t accuse you of plaigirism.

   Susan Heathfield stresses the ultimate goal of team building is "striving to improve results for customers" (Heathfield, 2007, p. 1-3) and suggests 12 Cs for building a team:

   Clear Expectations – Are expectations communicated effectively?
   Context – Team members must know why they are on the team.
   Commitment – Team members have to be motivated to be on the team.
   Competence – Do all team members feel the team is comprised of competent people?
   Charter – A team needs a charter and assigned responsibilities.
   Control – A team needs to be empowered to bring about the results described in the charter.
   Collaboration – Team members need to understand team development, roles, and responsibilities.
   Communication – Team members need to communicate with each other and the organization effectively.
   Creative Innovation – The organization must truly want change to be affected from this team collaboration.
   Consequences – Both rewards and risk must be clear and the team members must feel accountable.
   Coordination – Teams must understand the leadership hierarchy and ultimate customer.
   Cultural Change – The organization must recognize the differences between the traditional business hierarchy and the team building model.
   References :
   http://hubpages.com/hub/high-performance-team-building

2. Ed Atun Says:
   February 28th, 2010 at 1:55 am

   The "team" must have something they agree upon. Or some goal. To reach the goal they must all work together. It can not be reached if only a few do all the work..
   References :

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