ADM 551Organizational Behavior

Topic 8:TeamsPrepared by: Nur Fatin

Fatihah Binti Ahmad RuziPrepared For: En Muhammad

Fuad Bin Abd. Karim1

QUESTION 2:

“Ideally, all work team should have seven

members, give or take one or two”

Discuss the accuracy of this statement. 2

a team will consist seven

people.

However, a team can be more than one or two

people

Its depend on the task given according to the situation.

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MEANING

Team Definition:

Groups two or more people who interact and influence each other, are mutually

accountable for achieving common goals associated with organizational

objectives, and perceived themselves as a social entity within an organization.1

• 1. McShane, S. L & Von Glinow, M. A.(2010) Organizational Bahavior: Emerging Knowledge and Practice for The Real World. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

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Wharton management professor Jennifer S. Mueller, said that the more people who pulled on a rope, the less effort each individual

contributed.

Size is not necessarily the first consideration when putting together an effective team.The importance things are1. The type of task the team need to perform. will define whom you

want to hire, what type of skills you are looking for.2. Team composition. What are the skills of the people needed to be

translated into action? That would include everything from work style to personal style to knowledge base and making sure that they are appropriate to the task.

3. Lastly size is being considered.

Argument

Accuracy in this statement

• Generally, teams should be large enough to provide necessary competencies and perspectives to perform the work.• Yet, small enough to maintain efficient coordination

and meaningful involvement of each member.

Sun Microsystems executive explain Small teams operates effectively because they have less process loss. • Members of smaller teams also tend to fell more

engaged because they get to know their teammates, • have more influence on the group norms and goals

and• feel more responsible for the team success and

failures.

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Even a management calls the LARGE TEAM as ONE it is very difficult the member to interact and influence each other and hard to achieve the organization goals and objective.

By the president of AOL Technologies Ray Oglethorpe

• He said ideally your team should have seven to nine member. If you have more than 15 0r 20 , you’re dead: The connection between team member are too hard too make.

Size is the key.• Have the smallest number of people possible in each

team.• Another rule: No delegates. You don’t want people take the

team ideas but someone else get the authorization. 7

Team effectiveness

A team is effective when

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Fulfills objectives assigned to the team

• Must seek the objective of the team. If we fail to seek the objective the team. We will fail do the task

Fulfills satisfaction and well being of team member

• Must have satisfaction (when achieve the aim) and well being of team member (work each other and cooperate each other)

Maintains team’s survival

• Have to get long with the team member

Conclusion

The statement is reliable and accurate because a team will be effective when have 6 to 7

people in one team. Less or more can make the task would not perform well.

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References • 1. McShane, S. L & Von Glinow, M. A.(2010) Organizational Bahavior: Emerging

Knowledge and Practice for The Real World. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

• 2.Schermerhorn, Hunt, Osborn (2005). The Organizational Behavior. John Wiley & Sons inc.

• 3. Stephen P. Robbin, Organisational Behaviour: Global and Southern African Perspectives.

• 4. Is Your Team Too Big? Too Small? What's the Right Number?. Retrived October 15, 2012 from http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1501

• 5. The Ideal Collaborative Team. Retrived October 14, 2012 from http://www.ideachampions.com/downloads/collaborationresults.pdf

• 6. Understanding Team - What is a Team ? Retrived October 15, 2012 from http://www.managementstudyguide.com/understanding-team.htm

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