1. Principles in Team Behaviour

2. Sub-topics Teams Team-formation model Types of teams
Why do people join in teams?
External conditions imposed on the team
Team members’ resources
Team structure

3. Sub-topics Definition of norms Team size Team demography / composition
Movies
- The Abilene Paradox
- Groupthink

4. 1. Teams Which people form a team?
How much time do we dedicate by participating in teams?
What types of teams exist?
Which are the different stages that members of teams go through?

5. 2. Team-formation model Dependency and inclusion Inter-dependency &
Collision
Trust & Structure
Work / Production
Termination

6. 3. Types of teams Formal teams - Functional / hierarchical teams
- Project teams
Informal teams
- Interest teams
- Friendship / socialising teams

7. 4. Why do people join in teams?
Security
Status
Self-esteem
Affiliation
Power
Goal achievement

8. 5. External conditions imposed on the team
Organisation strategy
Authority structures
Formal regulations
Organisational resources
Personnel selection processes
Performance evaluation and reward systems
Organisational culture
Physical work setting

9. 6. Team members’ resources
Abilities
Personality characteristics

10. 7. Team structure Formal leadership Roles Norms Status Size
Composition

11. 8. Definition of norms Acceptable standards of behaviour
Formal and / or informal
… that are shared by the members of the team

12. 9. Team size Smaller teams complete tasks faster
Larger teams perform tasks better
Larger teams contribute to social loafing
Teams with an odd number of members tend to perform better
Team of 5-7 members tend to be a ‘happy size’

13. 10. Composition – team demography
Heterogeneous groups are more conflict laden and less expedient
Heterogeneous groups generally perform more effectively?
The degree of differences among team members is a moderating variable

14. 11. Video clips
When teams don’t perform well / to the best of their abilities
- Abilene Paradox …
- Groupthink …