team building

team building

02/16/10


Week 4 Assignment:

Title: Team Building on Task
Imprint: Jan 1, 2003
Source: Handbook of Business Strategy Jan 1, 2003, Vol. 4, Issue 1
Document Type: Article, General review
Database: Emerald Management Xtra


• When working in teams, is trust assumed or do team members have to earn trust?

First, I believe teams, or I will say, the people who make up the team, should share a goal, TRUST and accept, as adults should, each other's strengths and recognize the contributions of team mates.   Everyone should also have the ability to collaborate and be willing to accept failure, as well as, the triumph.

Now I can switch gears and say, trust is earned, not assumed... trust is either earned by an individual or denied by others in a group.   I believe logic is a major factor in how trust is developed, I think of how I act, how I should act, how I want others to feel comfortable and have an easy time allowing me to prove the trust given, is well placed.   I found the following list on the internet, of possible reasons we do not trust one another:

* Selfish behavior
* Unclear communication
* Negative expectations (that formed from past experiences with similar relationships or     from socialization processes)
* Process designs that put colleagues in a position where only one can be successful
* Organizational designs that either insert excess levels of hierarchy or leave out one or more necessary levels
* Leadership that allows functional areas to sub optimize their work to the detriment of other functional areas
* Promotion or hiring practices that position people in jobs for which they are incapable (so they end up micromanaging or disengaging)
* Change initiatives that didn't seek the input of the employees who have to live with the new way of doing things
* Processes, policies, organization structures, or management practices that are out of alignment with the organizational mission and goals.

I see no concepts or...