Teamwork Turmoil
Problems:
The teamwork was in trouble that the team performance was not effective. It showed in several aspects below:
1. Spent too much time but cannot get a unified conclusion
2. At the end of the discussing, the team deteriorated into multiple side conversation.
3. The meeting’s atmosphere always turned to serious.
Factors:
According to the story Marshall told, I think there were 5 factors resulting in the low efficiency.
1. Diversity and personality of the members
There were six members in the team. Although they are all around 26 years of age, athletic and had professional background in finance or economics, each of them has a special personality and diversity.
From the team studying, we can see that Griffin was an easygoing man. I think Prasad liked to interpret others, but he was a polite man and also can learn the personality of other members. Martin was the only woman, who came from a mixed-race family, coupling beauty and brain. In the team, she always put all the things together. From her favorite groups, we can see that she regarded her rights as importance. So if someone showed disrespect to her, she would be a little angry.
Onyealisi was really outstanding in study and also had a clear aim, but he was self-concerned and thought his own affair was more important than the team’s, sometimes even showed disrespect to others. Because Delery ever was hired into the competitive Engineering Career Development Program consisting of three one-year rotational assignments in varying locations and functional roles, he can realize the feelings of different members and always warmed the serious atmosphere. Maybe due to the favor of social activity, he also emphasized his own time. Cooper was the only married member and really paid attention to his grade. So to some extent, Cooper wanted the learning team can performs efficiently and every member can get more in this team.
According to the Chapter 9, personality and diversity are very important to the team effectiveness as components of composition. So if every member cannot adjust to others’ personality and diversity, the team effectiveness will be influenced. In this team, Martin and Onyealisi had an unhappy discussion. Onyealisi didn’t agree with Martin’s arrange and Martin also was angry to Onyealisi’s attitude.
2. Storming stage
The team was founded three weeks ago and was still in the storming stage. Members accept the existence of the group but resist the constraints it imposes on individuality, like Onyealisi. He didn’t read the case and said “I had to do other things today”. Some members hold an incorrect idea and believed