TWO MOST RELEVANT POINTS
1. Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing:
A model developed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965 which have necessary phases for a team to grow, to face challenges, to find solutions, to tackle difficulties and to deliver results.
- Forming: To have a positive and polite atmosphere, getting to know each other and after explain the roles and missions. Make explicit the expectations to group work and obligations.
- Storming: When conflicts starts because everyone has different natural working styles. This causes problems and frustration between the members of the group. As a manager, is important to make sure people are treated with respect, and be very careful with personal matters.
- Norming: People start to resolve their differences, appreciate their strengths, socialize and provide positive feedback. Adaptation to the group and collectivistic behaviour.
- Performing: Structures and processes function well, its time to develop skills and new members could be integrated easily.
2. Multicultural Teams
Multiculural teams, as the name states, are teams comform by people from different cultural background, something that is very common nowadays.
- Advantages: they could be great when it comes to innovate, and diversity allows to a better understanding of the needs of the customer.
- Disadvantages: Misunderstandings, lack of trust, lack of coherence. Cultural differences can create substantial obstacles to effective teamwork.
in order to have an effective team these characteristics needs to be taken into account:
- Trust and respect each other
- Protection and support each other
- Have an open dialogue and communication
- Strong common goal
- Members should have a strong shared values and beliefs
RESEARCH QUESTION:
Maslow's hierarchy of needs:
Maslow developed a pyramid that shows the multiple needs people have. Same needs can be acted upon differently by different persons and once a person is satisfied that "need" is no longer "needed". This hierarchy is link to motivation because this term is what drives people to strive for any of the needs listed below.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs:
Maslow developed a pyramid that shows the multiple needs people have. Same needs can be acted upon differently by different persons and once a person is satisfied that "need" is no longer "needed". This hierarchy is link to motivation because this term is what drives people to strive for any of the needs listed below.