Teams

Stages of development
Forming, Storming, Norming, performing, (adjourning)

Structure and norms
Guidelines are established, norms can be added, existing norms are used to guide both existing and future team members.

Communication Patterns
Be open and approachable, relationship building, conflict reducing, open doors, moving to norming and performing.

Influences on team effectiveness
Size, leadership, cohesiveness, norms, member roles and diversity. Goals and context.

Simulating team creativity
Nominal Group Technique (NGT): generating, recording, clarifying, voting, outcome of session Guidelines for traditional brainsorming -- wild ideas, no criticism, Electronic Brainstorming

Team leadership
Informal leaders, multiple leaders, effective team leaders.

Diversity and Teams
Task oriented -- getting the job done. Relations oriented -- encouraging relationship. self oriented -- block progress, dominates.