Week 5 Assesment

This week’s Online Assessment expands upon the weekly discussion. Continue to focus on the team (e.g., department, workgroup, task force) for which you completed the

team-building checklist

Team Building Checklist – Alternative Formats

In your Original Post, evaluate your team’s readiness for team-building.

• Include evaluation and explanation of some of your ratings on individual line items that contributed to a high or low score.
• If you did decide to pursue team-building, would you use an outside consultant? Refer to the checklist in your textbook and other online library research when you justify your opinion.

Team Building Checklist1
Problem identification (to what extent do you see evidence of the following problems in your work
unit?)
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Low evidence
Some Evidence
High Evidence
1. Loss of production or work unit output.
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2. Grievances within the work unit.
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3. Conflicts or hostility between unit members.
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4. Confusion about assignments or unclear relationships between people. 1
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5. Lack of clear goals, or low commitment to goals.
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6. Apathy or general lack of interest or involvement of unit members.
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7. Lack of innovation, risk taking, imagination, or initiative.
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8. Ineffective staff meeting
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9. Problems in working with the boss.
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10. Poor communications: people afraid to speak up, not listening to each 1
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other, not talking together.
11. The lack of trust between boss and member or between members.
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12. Decisions made that people do not understand or agree with.
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13. People feel that good work is not recognized or rewarded.
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14. People are not encouraged to work together for better team effort.
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Scoring: Add up the score for the 14 items and interpret as follows:
14–28: Few indications of a need for teambuilding
29–42: Some evidence of a need, but no immediate pressure unless two or three items are very
high.
43–56: Seriously think about a team-building program
57–70: Make team building a top priority.
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William G. Dyer, Robert H. Daines, and William C. Giauque, The Challenge of Management
(New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990), p. 347.