Academic approach to Organizational Behaviors
You will be a member of the newly-formed project staff team. This team will need to realize process gains within its first three months. You want to help, not hinder, the team's progress, so you decide to do some research upfront. You bring up your challenge at your managerial networking meeting. You pose the following questions to the group.
- What is a task force?
- What characteristics of the team are likely to contribute to the goal of process gains within the next three months?
- What are some sources of potential process losses?
You don't just listen, you also participate. State your ideas on each of these questions.
You have time to read an article or two. You still want to run your ideas by your mentor, so draft a document in e-mail format that address each of the following elements.
- Alter or enhance your conception of effective work groups?
- Identify elements of group effectiveness that you may be able to influence.
- Think about how you would increase the probability of process gains within your project staff team.