Chapter: Teamwork and Team Performance (Notes)

Vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts related to teamwork and team performance from the notes.

Erosion of Team Performance

Decline in a team's effectiveness due to factors such as unwillingness to cooperate and lack of managerial support.

Unwillingness to Cooperate

Reluctance of team members to collaborate toward a common goal.

Lack of Managerial Support

Failure of a manager to delegate authority and empower the team.

Technical Skills

Skills needed to complete the task.

Problem Solving Skills

Ability to analyze issues and find effective solutions.

Interpersonal Skills

People skills that enable effective communication and teamwork.

Task-Facilitating Leadership

Leadership focused on enabling the team to accomplish tasks.

Relationship Building (Non-Leadership)

Activities or skills that build positive team relationships without formal leadership.

Blocking

Hindrances to progress that disrupt team cohesiveness.

Team

Group of individuals with complementary skills working together to achieve a goal.

Group

Collection of people working separately to meet a common task.

Team Characteristics

Shared accountability, interdependence, stability, sociability, and shared decision making.

Sharing Decision Making Power

Authority and influence on decisions are distributed among team members.

Manager-Led Team

A team where the manager is in charge of goals, task distribution, and overall performance.

Self-Managed Team

A team with autonomy on how tasks are completed.

Cross-Functional Teams

Teams with members from different functional areas who work together.

Virtual Team

A team whose members are not all located in the same place and work toward a common goal remotely.

Effective Teamwork

Teamwork characterized by interdependency, trust, encouragement, fulfillment, and rotation of leadership.

Group Cohesiveness

The attraction and willingness of members to stay with and work on the team.

Group Size Effect

Large teams are often avoided; there is a tendency for people to shy away from very large groups.

Similarity Between Teammates

Shared attributes among team members that influence cohesion, success, exclusiveness, and competition.

Groupthink

Conforming to group pressure in decision-making, often ignoring alternative viewpoints.