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Poor Team Design: Anti Learning Stances

Teams play a vital role in the functioning of any organization,


irrespective of few factors such as nature, size, scale of operation, market
share etc. Before we start a discussion on Poor team design leading to anti
learning stances, it is relevant to know more about teams and team design.
Teams are a collection of individuals having similar interests and
specializations working on a common platform towards a common objective.
Every individual is dependent on his fellow employees to get the work done.
However, teams must not be formed only with the intention of getting the
work done. Having stated the intention of forming teams, lets discuss
further on Team design and how it facilitates learning and development of
individuals.
Team Work
Collective efforts put together to accomplish the desired goals constitutes to
team work. Team work may be referred as Backbone of any teams
performance. However, one must remember that the success of any team
cannot be achieved unless and until every member contributes in best
possible ways in achieving the set objective. Individual performances do not
count in a team, what matters the most is collective contribution and
performance.
No members can afford to sit back and expect their work to be simplified by
others efforts. Teams must be committed towards the work and the
organization to avoid conflicts. When conflicts arise not only the productivity
is lost but also diverts the focus and concentration of the team. To avoid such
conflicts, the members need to develop an adjusting and flexible attitude.
Considering fellow team mates as apart of their own family will help in
increased coordination and harmony.

Team Building
Team building refers to numerous exercises done to motivate the team
members and enhance the performance of the team. It grooms the members
of the team, enhances the bond and connectivity by strengthening the interpersonal skills. Organizing some games that can be played as a team, fun
trips are a few ways by which Managers impart team building activities.
When the understanding among the members increases, conflicts reduces
and the team performs better.

Team Structure
Team structure refers to the composition of the team. Team structure plays a
prominent role in a teams success. In todays scenario where organizations

have gone global and have themselves become complex with numerous
teams carrying on the operations, the question that would arise is How to
develop a perfect team structure. An Ideal team structure is one which acts
as a framework to drive the team towards meeting the expectations laid
forward. On the observation of task allocation and social conditions, team are
classified as shown below.
Team Type
Flat Teams
Distributed Flat Teams

Task Allocation
Any member of the team
Any member of the team

Scope of Observation
Any member of the team
Only members of the
social group
Functional Teams
Only members of the task
Only members of the task
group
group
Flat Teams allow all its members unrestricted access to interact with
every other member or agent for task allocation.
In Functional teams, the access provided to interact is limited within
the teams for activities of task allocation.
In distributed flat teams members can allocate tasks to the other
members in the team but this is limited to the members within their
social groups.

Team Learning
Team learning is a dynamic process by which the team members enhance
their capabilities and knowledge by giving and receiving feedback,
collaboration of works, cross trainings of team tasks and share information.
This helps the individual to grow both professionally and personally. On
analyzing the occurance of team learning, we will arrive at two possible
entities that enanle team learning. They are

Action
Reflection.

Action indicates changing behaviours of decision making, transforming


knowledge too others and improving teams performance.
On the other hand, Reflection indicates team members sharing information,
discussing problems or mistakes, searching for performance feedbacks, and
looking for insights. Teams fail when no learning takes place between its
members. There may be various reasons which results in team failures. A few
reasons are discussed under the below topic.
Barriers for Team Learning

Two concepts discussed above, Action and Reflection contribute majorly in


analyzing the success of a team. A team cannot acquire new knowledge or
innovate itself when action and reflection is not happening. Few suggestions
to avoid barriers of learning are:

Involve the members in Action and Reflection.


Frequent team discussions
Encourage employee cross trainings

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