Team Models
Other Team Models
Initial Team structure
* Mechanistic approach
* Demarcation of function
* Poor x-functional communication
* Inward looking – closed to change
* A bureaucracy
Features: - Assigned roles, divided team, to increase productivity.
Advantages:
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Leadership focused – improved productivity
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Quicker decision making process
Disadvantages:
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One-way, downward communication, leading to confusion and difficulty in creating fluency between work from different team sections.
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Created ‘Clicks’ between group members
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Caused conflict based around some sub-groups claiming to do more work than others
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Conflict over work being dictated, power and authority.
Final team model
* Organic approach – Matrix Structure
* A predisposition to lateral as opposed to vertical communication
* Commitment to completing the project was seen as more important than individual differences.
* Emphasis on dynamism – moving the project forward.
Features: -
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Much more integrated
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Multiple directions of communication
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Removal of roles
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Improvement in morale and work ethic.