Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Conscientiousness, Wield, Groupthink

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Ellen Choi

Document Summary

Team- multiple people working together interdependently over time to accomplish common goals related to a task oriented purpose. Interactions occur with a specific task-related purpose in mind. Work teams- relatively permanent teams where members work together to produce or provide goods and services. Management teams- relatively permanent team that participates in managerial level tasks that impact the entire organization. Parallel teams- composed of members from various jobs within the organization that meet to provide recommendations about important issues: ex. Project teams-formed to take on one-time tasks, complex and require input from members with different training and expertise (ex. Action teams- teams of limited duration that performs complex tasks in contexts that are highly visible and challenging (ex. Virtual teams- team where members are geographically dispersed, and interdependent activity occurs through email, web conferencing and instant messaging: ex. Forming-members orient themselves by trying to understand boundaries of the team, leader of group is established and behavioural boundaries are set in place.