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TEAMWORK
Danny Laker-Senadheera M.A.
HS-Fresenius / Winter 2014/15
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Project Work
Establish a new Business of a traditional company outside
of Europe:
Discuss, which is the best decision for your own goals and
for the companys overall goals?
Human Resources motivate & develop the staff; recruit
the right staff
Accounting keep the numbers down
Sales develop a strategy
Operations organize the logistics and planning from
design/production/new market
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Your Opinion
What do you think is the most important character trait or
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7 Principles of Professionalism
Striving to excel
Being dependable & accountable
Being a team player
Communicating effectively
Making ethical decisions
Demonstrating a sense of etiquette
Maintaining a positive outlook
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Achieving Professionalism
What is Professionalism?
Professionalism The quality of performing at a high
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Elements of Professionalism
Be the best
Pros strive to excel, to be the best they can be at everything they do.
Excelling at every level is how you build a great career.
Be dependable
Be a team player
Be clear
Be respectful
Be ethical
Be positive
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Communicating Effectively
Listen actively
Making a conscious effort to turn off your own filters and biases to truly hear and understand what someone is saying
Clarify responsibilities.
Clearly state what actions need to be taken either in oral or written communication
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ORGANIZATION &
TEAMWORK
Danny Laker-Senadheera M.A.
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Agenda
1.
2.
Organizing in Teams
3.
Organization structures
4.
Team productivity
5.
Unstructured organization
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Formal organization:
Informal organization:
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Core
competencies
-> Activities that a company considers central and vital to its business
Outsourcing
effectivity
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Labor
Organizational
Jobs
Tasks
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Line organization
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Span of Management
Number
Flat
Organization:
Wide
span of management
A large
Tall
Organization:
Many
hierarchical levels
Fewer
Reducing
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Centralization Versus
Decentralization
Centralization
Decentralization
-Deligation of decision-making authority to employees in
lower level positions
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2. Organizing in Teams
Vertically
Many
Using
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What is a Team?
A unit
goal
Members
of a team:
Sharing a Mission
A Team
-> Synergy
Goals
may set by either the team itself or someone in the formal chain
of command
Team
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Types of Teams
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Problem-Solving Team:
Assembled
Can
Can
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Self-Managed Team...:
Manages
Selects
Represents
Advantages
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Virtual Team:
Composed
locations
Can
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Applying/Seizing
Should
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Helping
Collaboration
projects
Has
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horizontal
Endless
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Functional structures
Grouping
expertise
Advantages of splitting the organization:
Efficient
skills
Unified
Enhance
Problems:
Employees
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Agile Organization
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Functional Organization
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Functional Organization
Pro
Specialists
Top-Down-Management
Internal
Con
Development
of silos
Geeks
Solution:
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Cross-Functional-Teams
Process divisions
Customer divisions
Geographic divisons
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Product Division
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Product Division
Pro:
React
can
Contra:
may
compete
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Customer Divisions
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Geographical Divsion
Pro
Self-contained
Short
Con
Expensive
Divisional
Strong
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duplication of departments
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Matrix Structure
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Matrix Structure
Pro
Pool
Project
oriented
Con
Reporting
More
Bigger
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Create
Implement
Facilitate
Identify
Dont
rational assignments
Resist
escalation
Handle
face
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Networking Structures
Structure
Perform
Outsourcing
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Networking Structures
Pro:
lower
costs,
more
boost
of competiveness
knowledge
& skills
Contra:
Relying
on outsiders
Vulnerability
Immediate
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4. Working in Teams
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
Inefficiency
Groupthink
Structural disruption
Excessive workloads
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
EFFECTIVE TEAMS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Creative thinking
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Stay on track
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TEAM DEVELOPMENT
(1)
Forming
(2)
Storming
(3)
Norming
(4)
Performing
(5)
Adjourning
Development of cohesiveness
Emergence of norms
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5. Managing an Unstructured
Organization
Best
at all
Formless
Cloud
computing
Mobile
communication
Online
collaboration platforms
All
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organization:
conventional structure
Assembles
Virtual
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Example
Solo
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Company TopCoder
Membership
TopCoder
solutions
Entrepreneur
design
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Much
Increased
Virtual
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agility:
Managers
Benefits
Firms
of competition:
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Workers
Uncertainty:
Without
Management
No
succession:
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evaluation:
Freedom
and flexibility:
Workers
Access
Workers
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next
Loss
No
Career
development:
Workers
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