TEAM TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE

TEAM MEMBERS : Lt Col Mohammed Fahad Aleid Mej Mohd Sanusi bin Ibrahim Mej Ahmad Huzaini bin Zainudin

Mej Rajeswari ap V M Venugopal

COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING. KEEPING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS. WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS. - HENRY FORD
an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company

WORKING TOGETHER ACHIEVE ULTIMATE SUCCESS ??

"MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK. " ~ John Heywood

INTRODUCTION
TEAM ?
Two or more individuals with a high degree of interdependence geared toward the achievement of a goal or the completion of a task. Teams make decisions, solve problems, provide support, accomplish missions and plan their work.

"MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK. "

DEFINITION
WORK DONE BY SEVERAL ASSOCIATES WITH EACH DOING A PART BUT ALL SUBORDINATING PERSONAL PROMINENCE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE.
- MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY

THOSE BEHAVIOURS THAT FACILITATE EFFECTIVE TEAM MEMBER INTERACTION - ACADEMIC LITERATURE
"NO ONE CAN WHISTLE A SYMPHONY. IT TAKES A WHOLE ORCHESTRA TO PLAY IT. " ~ H.E. LUCCOCK

PURPOSE
TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK THAT WILL INCREASES THE ABILITIES OF SUBORDINATES TO PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING, PROBLEMS SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING TO ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE SUCCESS OF ORGANISATION.

TYPES
VERTICAL TEAM Composed of the managers and his or her subordinates in the formal chain of command. Called as functional team or command team. Three or four level hierarchical level. Single department. HORIZONTAL TEAM Composed employees from same hierarchical but from different expertise. From different department with specific task given. Team may disbanded after task completed.

CHARACTERISTICS
EACH MEMBER FEELS EMPOWERED TO ACT, SPEAK UP, OFFER IDEAS EACH MEMBER HAS A HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

AN INFORMAL CLIMATE AND EASINESS EXISTS AMONG MEMBERS

THE TEAM HAS THE SUPPORT OF MANAGEMENT THE TEAM IS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS THERE IS PERIODIC SELF-ASSESSMENT THERE IS SHARED LEADERSHIP OF THE TEAM

THE TEAM IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SIZE

THERE IS RECOGNITION OF TEAM MEMBER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE ARE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE TEAM WORK

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK

MEMBERS HAVE A CLEAR GOAL THE FOCUS IS ON ACHIEVING RESULTS THERE IS A PLAN FOR ACHIEVING THE GOAL MEMBERS HAVE CLEAR ROLES MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO THE GOAL MEMBERS ARE COMPETENT ACHIEVE DECISIONS THROUGH CONSENSUS THERE IS DIVERSITY AMONG TEAM MEMBERS MEMBERS HAVE EFFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

KNOW EACH OTHER WELL AND HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS

United We Stand, Divided We Fall.. true everywhere, especially in the military

STAGES OF TEAM DEVELOPEMENT

Forming Storming Norming Performing

EVERY EFFECTIVE TEAM GOES THROUGH THESE LIFE CYCLE STAGES

ESSENTIAL SKILLS
THIS LIST IS USED DURING THE RESEARCH CYCLE TO OBSERVE HOW WELL A TEAM IS WORKING TOGETHER.
LISTENING
Team Listen To Each Other's Ideas.

QUESTIONING The Team Question Each Other. The Team Members Interacting, Discussing, And Posing Questions To All Members Of The Team. PERSUADING The Team Use Persuasion. The Team Members Exchanging, Defending And Rethinking Ideas

 RESPECTING he Team Respect The Opinions Of Each Others. The Team Members Encouraging And Supporting The Ideas And Efforts Of Others. HELPING The Team Members Help Each Other. SHARING
The Team Members Share. The Members Offering Ideas And Reporting Their Findings To Each Other.

PARTICIPATING The Team Members Participate. The Team Contributing To The Organisation Success.

ADVANTAGES
GIVES BETTER END RESULT WITH HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE
MORE INPUT RESULTS IN BETTER THOUGHTS AND JUDGMENTS AND THE OVERALL PROCESS IS IMPROVED

INVOLVES EVERY PERSON, HIS EXPERTISE AND HIS RESPONSIBILITIES

EXECUTION OF NEW IDEAS CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT INCREASES OWNERSHIP WITH WIDER COMMUNICATIO SHARES INFORMATION AND INCREASES LEARNING IN THE TEAM A PROBLEM CAN BE EASILY SOLVED WITH MORE IDEAS GIVES PROBABILITY OF SOLUTIONS

MORE HEAD IS BETTER THAN ONE HEAD

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INCREASES WILLINGNESS OF EVERY MEMBER TO TAKE MORE RISK BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS SHARE COMMON GOALS AND INTERESTS EASIER TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS AND IDENTIFY VARIOUS SOLUTIONS HANDLE MORE DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS INCREASES THE ACCURACY OF PROBLEM SOLVING A PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED RAPIDLY

DISADVANTAGES
UNEQUAL PARTICIPATION

NOT TEAM PLAYERS

LIMITING CREATIVITY

LONGER PROCESS
INHERENT CONFLICT

BUT SOMETIMES, ONE HEAD IS BETTER THAN 10 RUST HEAD

CONCLUSION
TOGETHER we stand, TOGETHER we fall, TOGETHER we win, and winners take ALL

Food for thought

THANK YOU QnA