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HRMM055 – Management and Organisational Behaviour Assignment 2
Submission Date: 10 January, 2014
Submitted By: Punnoose K Chacko
Student ID: 13431986
Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
WORKING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS 1
Effective Teams 2
Role of Team Leader 3
Case Study on effective team management 4
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE 5
Relation between Organisational Culture and Effectiveness 6
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 8
Types of Structures 8
CONCLUSION 11
REFERENCES 12
INTRODUCTION
As I have been working with people of mixed nationalities, in an organisation that deals with marine construction, I have decided to base this assignment on the following topics that I have felt play a very important role in the smooth running of project and helps us to achieve our goals without facing too many obstacles. The topics are “Working in Groups and Teams”, “Organisational Structure”, and “Organisational Culture”.
Being a team leader / project coordinator, it is vital that I am able to understand the cultures of my team members and find the most effective way of assigning work in order to get the job done. One of the few ways I have understood of getting the most out of people is to try and maintain teams consisting of people with similar character types. A thorough understanding of the working structure in the organisation by all personnel involved is also another way to maintain smooth flow of work as everyone is aware of what their responsibility is.
WORKING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS
In order to achieve effectiveness in working in teams, one should first understand how working in a team differs from working in a group. Laurie Mullins (2013, p.301) describes that unless a group of people work towards a strong and common goal together with the understanding that they will be able to achieve their complete purpose as a together rather than individually – then only can they be called as a team. She goes on further to explain about formal and informal types of
HRMM055 – Management and Organisational Behaviour Assignment 2
Submission Date: 10 January, 2014
Submitted By: Punnoose K Chacko
Student ID: 13431986
Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
WORKING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS 1
Effective Teams 2
Role of Team Leader 3
Case Study on effective team management 4
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE 5
Relation between Organisational Culture and Effectiveness 6
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 8
Types of Structures 8
CONCLUSION 11
REFERENCES 12
INTRODUCTION
As I have been working with people of mixed nationalities, in an organisation that deals with marine construction, I have decided to base this assignment on the following topics that I have felt play a very important role in the smooth running of project and helps us to achieve our goals without facing too many obstacles. The topics are “Working in Groups and Teams”, “Organisational Structure”, and “Organisational Culture”.
Being a team leader / project coordinator, it is vital that I am able to understand the cultures of my team members and find the most effective way of assigning work in order to get the job done. One of the few ways I have understood of getting the most out of people is to try and maintain teams consisting of people with similar character types. A thorough understanding of the working structure in the organisation by all personnel involved is also another way to maintain smooth flow of work as everyone is aware of what their responsibility is.
WORKING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS
In order to achieve effectiveness in working in teams, one should first understand how working in a team differs from working in a group. Laurie Mullins (2013, p.301) describes that unless a group of people work towards a strong and common goal together with the understanding that they will be able to achieve their complete purpose as a together rather than individually – then only can they be called as a team. She goes on further to explain about formal and informal types of
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