1) Consider the various
roles members have to perform for a team to be effective.
There are
9 team roles that were developed by the Belbin: plant, monitor evaluator,
coordinator, resource investigator, implementer, completer-finisher, team
worker, shaper, and specialist. The plant is someone that is “planted” in each
team. The plants are creative, imaginative, and are good at solving problems.
The monitor evaluator is the logical eye, sees and evaluates judgments and weighs
up the team’s options in a dispassionate way. The coordinators clarify team
objectives and goals, draw out team members, promotes decision making,
delegate, and are mature and confident. Resource investigators explore
opportunities, and get contacts that can help with the project, and assist when
the team risks becoming isolated and inwardly focused. Implementers plan a
practical, realistic strategy to carry out the group goals most effectively.
They are disciplined, reliable, and turn ideas into practical actions.
Completer-finishers polish the work for errors, are conscientious, painstaking
and make sure all goals are accomplished on time. Team workers identify the
work that needs to be done and complete it. They are cooperative, perceptive,
diplomatic, great listening skills, avert friction and calm the waters of the
team. Shapers give the drive that keeps the team moving, and they thrive on
pressure, are courageous, overcome obstacles, dynamic, and challenging. The
specialist provides knowledge and skills that other team members do not have,
and are dedicated (Beblin Team Roles).
2) Which roles would play
to your strengths?
The roles
that most closely apply to my strengths are the completer-finisher and team
worker. As a completer-finisher I consistently check for errors in my work and
attempt to be sure that all the goals that have been asked of me are completed.
As a team worker I can identify the work that needs to be done, and can
accomplish it in the appropriate amount of time.
Which
roles would play to your weaknesses?
The roles that apply to my
weaknesses are plant, monitor-evaluator, resource investigator, implementer,
shaper, and specialist. I could be a plant because I am creative, but I am
limited on my abilities to solve new problems. If I have had experience with a
very similar situation I can deduct what I have learned previously and apply
it. I am not a monitor evaluator because I do not always do problem solving in
a logical way because I do not include all the scenarios that would affect the
problem, but I do have the ability to evaluate the team’s options in a
dispassionate way. I am not a coordinator because I can clarify what the
team’s objectives and goals are, but I have difficulty encouraging others to be
more involved, promote decision making, or delegate. I am getting better at
being a resource investigator by getting outside help from professors and
friends but I have difficulty drawing the group out if they become inwardly
focused. I am not an implementer because I do not plan a practical, realistic
strategy to carry out the group’s goals very effectively because I need
guidance, but I can contribute to the group because I am reliable and
disciplined. I am not a shaper because I do not have the ability to rally other
team members to stay on task. I dislike and lose confidence and lack
courageous when a large amount of pressure is placed upon the team. I am not a
specialist because I do not feel I have knowledge and skills that other team
members probably do, but I am dedicated and will see the project through.
To be a
better team member I should interact more with my group, dedicate more time to
solving problems, engage my thoughts into understanding the team’s options more
clearly, offer more judgments about how the team should proceed and encourage
other team members to be proactive. I have a tendency to prefer to work
independently and sometimes I isolate myself too much. I need to decrease
my inward focus and reach out to others more frequently. I have to
actively work to discipline myself to not become easily discouraged or
overwhelmed and decrease my stress level that inhibits me from being more
verbal, adventurous and spontaneous.
The inputs would be the characteristics that make the group
successful. This includes three parts individual characteristics,
organizational systems, and team factors. The individual factors would be what
motivates the team. Organizational systems would be the rewards. The team
factors would be why become invested. The outputs would be what the group
accomplished and if it was in a timely manner. This includes the goods,
services, and decisions made.
SWOT of a
Team
Strengths:
more heads are better than one, get work accomplished faster
Weaknesses:
rely on setting up a group time and place to meet, rely on people to do their
share of the work
Opportunities:
higher grade on work
Threats:
Not having someone complete their part, bad presentation
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