Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psychological Safety, Brainstorming, Transactive Memory

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

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Why have teams become so widespread: as work has become more complex, interactions among multiple team members have become more vital. Interactions allow the team to pool complementary knowledge and skills: ex: surgical teams consist of individuals who have specialized training in the activities needed for surgical procedures. What characteristics can be useful to describe teams: Team characteristics provide a means of categorizing and examining teams. Integrate activities of subunits across business functions maintenance team, sales team. Work teams: designed to be relatively permanent, their purpose is to produce goods or p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ide se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)all(cid:455) (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s" full-time commitment. Management teams: relatively permanent teams that participate in managerial-level tasks that affect the entire organization. I(cid:373)ila(cid:396) to (cid:449)o(cid:396)k tea(cid:373)s i(cid:374) that the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e desig(cid:374)ed to (cid:271)e (cid:396)elati(cid:448)el(cid:455) pe(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)e(cid:374)t, (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e also distinct in a number of ways. Action teams: perform tasks that are normally limited in duration. Important variations within the discussed categories of teams are needed to understand its functioning.