Team work defined by Google.com, “the combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient.” Coming into Business 330 Organizations I knew one other person. Within the class we did many team activities within discussions, which made me come out of my shell and really get to know my classmates as a person rather than just another person in my class. After reading and having lecture on chapter eleven I realized I went back and fourth between the team task roles and the team building roles. After working with the same people a couple times we all knew our roles within our team.
Picking out teams for our Digital Media Project three was slightly easy. I immediately partnered with the one other I knew from the very start, Katie, and then we gained another person from our discussion class. David approached us asking if we had a third because he had yet to find two others to work with. We all slightly knew each other, which helped, but our personalities really showed as soon as we worked together for the first time. Us three never strictly worked as a team before.
The first time meeting we had to create our concept map and then discuss how to complete the rest of the project. The first thing we needed to discuss were our ideas. We all started brainstorming on what we thought made a good team. We collected several ideas and terms that were both in the book and in the articles that we had found online that was given. Suddenly we had too many concepts, and both Katie and David wanted to take charge saying what the better qualities that should stay within our concept map. At first, I let it happen just to see what they would accomplish. Soon nothing was being resolved. It was never spoken but much implied that both Katie and David wanted to take charge and become the dominator of the group to lead us to success as a team. Communication and agreeing was not happening without my help. There was a diversity difference between David being a male and Katie being female had an impact on the discussion. As you said in lecture having more women in a group have better results than all with the same sex. I had to step in at this point and I instantly became the harmonizer; which “mediates differences between group members,” Colquitt (367). I viewed both sides of why they think each one should stay and why they think others should leave. Eventually we all agreed upon what should be kept and what had to go to fit the requirements.
We each picked out a certain way to present the words we created within our titles. This was an easy task because we all had different ideas to begin with, so everyone picked out their own person words and started to create their own way to present them within the project. At this point we all worked as a team. We formed, brain stormed, and performed as one. We all had our individualist roles to reflect the behaviors that benefit the individual at the expense of the team.
Within the worldle that I created I thought of words that had to do with encouraging others and being the harmonizers. I was the person who made sure we all got along and compromised when there seemed to be any issues. We would write down all ideas and as a group take out what was unnecessary and left what was more important. I discussed a lot that had to do with team building, which is the “behavior that influences the quality of the team’s social climate,” Colquitt (366).
A successful team depends on how well they all work together and what their goal is that they are trying to accomplish. No matter how many teams there are out there whether they’re on a team or working on a project like us in the class, there is no perfect team. There might be an ideal team, but no body is perfect. Not everyone can work well together, but overall our team worked really well together. Katie turned out to be the coordinator, David was the initiator and I was the harmonizer. I wouldn’t have picked anyone else to complete our digital media three project.
Picking out teams for our Digital Media Project three was slightly easy. I immediately partnered with the one other I knew from the very start, Katie, and then we gained another person from our discussion class. David approached us asking if we had a third because he had yet to find two others to work with. We all slightly knew each other, which helped, but our personalities really showed as soon as we worked together for the first time. Us three never strictly worked as a team before.
The first time meeting we had to create our concept map and then discuss how to complete the rest of the project. The first thing we needed to discuss were our ideas. We all started brainstorming on what we thought made a good team. We collected several ideas and terms that were both in the book and in the articles that we had found online that was given. Suddenly we had too many concepts, and both Katie and David wanted to take charge saying what the better qualities that should stay within our concept map. At first, I let it happen just to see what they would accomplish. Soon nothing was being resolved. It was never spoken but much implied that both Katie and David wanted to take charge and become the dominator of the group to lead us to success as a team. Communication and agreeing was not happening without my help. There was a diversity difference between David being a male and Katie being female had an impact on the discussion. As you said in lecture having more women in a group have better results than all with the same sex. I had to step in at this point and I instantly became the harmonizer; which “mediates differences between group members,” Colquitt (367). I viewed both sides of why they think each one should stay and why they think others should leave. Eventually we all agreed upon what should be kept and what had to go to fit the requirements.
We each picked out a certain way to present the words we created within our titles. This was an easy task because we all had different ideas to begin with, so everyone picked out their own person words and started to create their own way to present them within the project. At this point we all worked as a team. We formed, brain stormed, and performed as one. We all had our individualist roles to reflect the behaviors that benefit the individual at the expense of the team.
Within the worldle that I created I thought of words that had to do with encouraging others and being the harmonizers. I was the person who made sure we all got along and compromised when there seemed to be any issues. We would write down all ideas and as a group take out what was unnecessary and left what was more important. I discussed a lot that had to do with team building, which is the “behavior that influences the quality of the team’s social climate,” Colquitt (366).
A successful team depends on how well they all work together and what their goal is that they are trying to accomplish. No matter how many teams there are out there whether they’re on a team or working on a project like us in the class, there is no perfect team. There might be an ideal team, but no body is perfect. Not everyone can work well together, but overall our team worked really well together. Katie turned out to be the coordinator, David was the initiator and I was the harmonizer. I wouldn’t have picked anyone else to complete our digital media three project.