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write a 3-page minimum paper (750 words) describing the organization that you work for, or one with which you are familiar, from the perspective of how it employs or fails to employ teams. How do you observations compare with the observations in the text about teams?
Leading Productive Teams
MSL
6
3
0
Hall #
1
The Riddle of Teams: What are the pros and cons?
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Welcome to MSL 6
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2
Format for Hall sessions
• Introduction of the Hall
• Hall Topics
• Christian worldview applications
• Major points for the week’s learning
3
Learning tools
• Hall lectures
▫ Hearing and seeing
• Text book
▫ Reading
• Individual homework
▫ Analyzing
• Discussion forum
▫ Applying and Examining
• Completing all
components is very
important to
accomplish the
objectives of the
course.
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Asynchronous learning
• Motivated
▫ Asynchronous
learners must be
highly self-motivated
• Responsible
▫ Asynchronous
learners must have
high responsibility
for assignments and
discussion
• Facts
▫ Asynchronous learning is
not easier than
traditional classroom
learning
▫ Learners must meet
deadlines
▫ It’s easy to think we’re
anonymous because
there’s no face time.
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Tips for success
• Course Page
▫ Activities
Individual homework
Team activities
▫ Discussion forum
Weekly discussion
▫ Media
Syllabus
Handouts & links
Hall lectures
• Schedule
▫ Be attentive to
deadlines
▫ The week begins on
Monday and ends on
Sunday
Observe Sabbath
Manage your time
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Tips for success (cont.)
• Do not procrastinate
▫ It’s easy to get behind
in an asynchronous
course
False security that
there is time to catch
up
Each week builds on
the previous
• Sequence
▫ Set your schedule
Hall lecture
Assigned reading
Discussion
Homework
Individual or team
Study key points for
exam
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Tips for success (cont.)
• Communicate
▫ Ask questions
▫ Participate
▫ Be engaged in
discussion
▫ Seek handouts
▫ Contact the professor
with questions or
problems
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Topics we’ll cover in MSL 630
• Best Practices
• Solving Team Problems
• Motivation and Leadership
• Creativity/ Diversity Issues
• Virtual Teams
• Team Simulations
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Biblical Foundation: Matt 28:19-20
Hall Objectives
• Why Teams?
•
Types of Teams
• Collaborative Projects through
Teamwork
• Productive Team Characteristics
• Developing Team Building Skills
• Project Teams at Belhaven
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Questions for Reflection & Study
• Why are teams useful?
• What are some common types of teams?
• How can collaborative projects be completed
through teamwork?
• What makes a productive team?
• What skills can be developed to improve teams?
• What are some tips for Project teams at
Belhaven?
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5 Key Characteristics of Teams
• Exist to achieve a shared goal
• Members are interdependent regarding a
common goal
• Are bounded and remain relatively stable over
time
• Members have the authority to manage their
own work and internal
processes
• Operate in a larger social system context
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4 Challenges to Future Teams
• Customer service focus
• Competition
• Emergence of the information age
• Globalization
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Types of Teams
• Manager-led teams
• Self-managing or self-regulating teams
• Self-directing or self-designing teams
• Self-governing teams
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Authority of Four Illustrative Types
of Work Teams
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Design of the
organizational context
Design of the team as a
performing unit
Monitoring and
managing performance
processes
Executing the task
Area of Management
Responsibility
Area of Team
Responsibility
Manager-led
work teams
Self-
managing
work teams
Self-designing
work teams
Self-governing
work teams
Source: Hackman, J. R. (1987). The design of work teams. In J.W. Lorsch (Ed.), Handbook of Organizational Behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
Observations about Teams and
Teamwork
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• Companies that use teams are not more effective than those
that do not
• Managers fault the wrong causes for team failure
(misattribution error)
• Managers fail to recognize their team-building responsibilities
• Experimenting with failures leads to better teams
• Conflict among teams members is not always a bad thing
• Strong leadership is not always necessary for strong teams
• Good teams can still fail under the wrong circumstances
• Retreats will not fix all conflicts between team members
Exhibit 1-6. Team Autonomy
versus Manager Control
55%
39%
6%
0%
20%
40
%
60%
80%
100%
M anager-Led Self-M anaging Self-Directing
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Source: Thompson, L. (2006). Leading high impact teams: Tools for teams. Kellogg Executive program.
Exhibit 1-7. Team Longevity
7%
16%
23
%
15%
40%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Less than 6
months
6-12 months 1-2 years 3-5 years over 5 years
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Source: Thompson, L. (2006). Leading high impact teams: Tools for teams. Kellogg Executive program.
Most Frustrating Aspects of Teams
56%
43%
37%
32
%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Developing/sustaining high motivation
Minimizing confusion/coordination problems
Fostering creativity/innovation
Developing clear goals
Developing Your Skills
Skill #1: Accurate diagnosis
of team problems
Skill #2: Theory-based
intervention
Skill #3: Expert learning
7 Advantages of Teamwork
• Increased resources
• Buy-in
• Built –in Censor
• Encourage Cross training
• More people for follow up responsibility
• It’s fun!
•
It’s Biblical !
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Increased Resources
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Buy-In
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Built-in Censor
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Encourage Cross Training
More follow up
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It’s Fun!
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It’s Biblical !
Team Problems
Lack of Experience
Lack of a Common Model
Lack of Understanding of relationship skills
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Tips for Collaborative Projects
• Generate ideas
• Organize information
• Draft
• Revise and Edit
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Collaborative Projects(cont.)
• Assemble team according to expertise
• What, When, Why, How Much, Who?
• Generate ideas
• Organize ideas into an Outline
• Evaluate outline with help of stakeholders
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Collaborative Projects (cont.)
• Discuss and undertake the research process
• Discuss and undertake the drafting process
• Evaluate the first draft with help of the
Stakeholders
• Revise the draft for consistency and impact
• Edit to achieve ERROR-FREE text
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Common Complaints
• “No one ever listens to me”
• “Who made you the boss?”
• “What are we waiting for?”
• “Where do you get off telling me I’m wrong?”
• “I don’t understand your changes”
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Creating Effective Study Groups,
Part I
• Early on: Structured exercise
• During the first week or two: Discussion
• Team contract
• Team goals
• Thought questions
• Person-task mapping
Creating Effective Study Groups,
Part II
• Additional discussion questions
• Member skills
• Person-task focus
• Structure
• Interlopers
• Communication standards
• Project leader pacing
Creating Effective Study Groups,
Part III
• After group is well underway
• Team assessment
• Peer-feedback performance review
• On a regular basis: Revisiting team contract
• Are expectations being met?
• What issues should be added to contract?
• What issues in contract don’t seem relevant?
Team Nehemiah
• Nehemiah 1-13
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Questions for Reflection & Study
• What are some advantages of teams?
• Why are some collaborative projects frustrating?
• How can team building skills be improved?
• What are some tips for effective study groups?
• How did Nehemiah build an effective team to
rebuild the wall in Jerusalem?
What next?
• Take the Hall Quiz
• Complete your detailed reading
• Answer the discussion questions
• Complete the writing assignments
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References
• Bell, A.H. and Smith, D.M. (2011). Learning
Team Skills (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
• Mosely, Curt (2005). TeamWeaver: The 10
Greatest Teams in the Bible and Why They
Were Great. Mustang,OK:Tate Publishing.
• Thompson, L.L. (2008). Making the Team (3rd
ed) . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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End of Hall 1
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▫ Passion +
▫ Prayer+
▫ Persistence
= Productive Teams
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This concludes Hall 1
