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having many external ties but an inability to coalesce and motivate members to pull together |
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having high internal loyalty to complex xet of internal dynamics but inability to integrate with others when needed
-more cohesive teams are less likely to engate in necessary external initatives |
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Types of Teams: Insulating Teams |
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isolated from environment
-greatest threat is team is dissociated from the organization. |
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Types of Teams: Broadcasting Teams |
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concrete on internal processes and simply inform others what they are doing/
-little outside contact, serve as customers from within. |
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Types of Teams: Marketing Teams |
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promote their objectives, products, services, and culture actively in their organization.
-obective= recieve recognition. |
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Types of Teams:Surveying Teams
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Diagnosing needs of customers, experimenting with solutions, revising knowledge and collecting data and intiating programs. |
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bridge between units or people in an organization who would otherwise not interact. |
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protects the team from bad or dissapointing news that might cause moreale to suffer. |
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shapes the collective understanding of the team |
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informs the team about which options they should consider what approach they should take in dealing with changing events. |
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controls flow of info to and from team |
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*critical role* provides meanings for what the team is doing and how successful it is to be people outside the team. lobbists controns perception of what the team is doing. |
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empowered by the team to negotiate on behalf of the group. has extraordinary power in governing resoruces, defining options and so on. mediator where team conflict with others. |
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plans how to approach managment for resources and deal with threats and other negative info. |
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arranges formal/informal communications with other people or units outside the team. |
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inequalities resut from differences in individual abilty. |
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value added from manager to teams nd organizations because of their connections. |
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close knit, self-contained unit
-groups of people, all of whom know eachother. |
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perfomance hypothesis- team leaders whom subordinates seek advice or friendship from toend to love reality omprehensive view o social structures of their teams. |
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close, interpersonal tes between people, characterized by positive, amicable relationships.
-voulantaryand oten natural (people provide for one another without excepting benefits). |
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involes affective (emotional) and congnitive (task) perspective. trust does ot have a direct efect on performance. |
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represents instrumental rather than expressive relationships. exchange of experse and infor necessary to complete ones task. |
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optimal distinctivness theory |
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argues that a persons collective identity derives from the interplay of opposing social motive.
1) inclusion
2)differentaiton (desire to be included at same time want to feel different.) |
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based on options that teams have when working across different locations and times. |
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potential information-carrying capacity of the communications medium (fact to face=richest). (formal, numerical documentation-least richest) |
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Face to Face *ideal*
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e-mail/ voicemail
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importance of face to face |
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easier communication, nonverbal signals. 93% of messages meaning
develop rapport (nonverbal is key for this) |
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task-focused group that meets without all members being physically present. |
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Born with leadership
nIntelligence, Achievement oriented, Emotional maturity, Job-relevant
nEnergy, need for power, honesty and integrity, self-confidence, flexibility.
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Behavioral Theories (leadership) |
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"great opportunity"-researched the behaviors of specific leaders, assumes people can be trained to lead, provides the basis of deisgn for training programs. |
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Ohio State Studies: Consideration |
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senstitive to peoples feelings. trying to make things pleasent. |
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Ohio State Studies: Initating Structure |
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–concerned with defining task requirements and other aspects of work agenda |
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Michigan Studies:employee-centered |
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strong emphasis on subbordinates welfare.
-taking care of people while your trying to lead. |
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Michigan Studies: producton-centered |
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concerned with getting work done. emphasize the technical or task aspects of the job. |
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adjust behavior to situation |
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spell out what and how of task. |
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subordinates need's/well being. |
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achievement oriented leader |
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set goals, stress excellence, show confidence in subordinates |
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consult with subordinates |
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inspire followers to transcend their own self-interests for the good of the organization |
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motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements |
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nWe attribute qualities to leader based on performance |
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reward, coercive, legitimate, information |
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computer communcitation: advantages and disadvantages |
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Advantages:
¡Distribute information faster
¡More information available
¡Broader/more timely access to information
¡Link to environment
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¡Impersonal
¡“Nonverbals” removed
¡Information overload |
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Collaboratory
Virtual team technology
Initial face-to-face experience
Temporary engagement
One-day videoconference
Touching base
Schmoozing |
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personal power (referent power) |
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ability to control another because the person wants to identify with the power source |
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boundary spanning network |
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less overlap of one's network.
-boundary spanner: bridges the gap between team and other units. |
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