Workteams+Overview

=Summary of content=

Quality teams

 * types
 * characteristics
 * developmental stages

Team personnel

 * qualities (e.g. trust, reliance, initiative)
 * responsibilities and duties of team members/leaders
 * differences in personal values and beliefs
 * styles of leadership

Task analysis

 * job requirements
 * availability of physical and human resources
 * defining areas of responsibility
 * time management
 * requesting assistance

Team processes
//organisation// //documentation// //types of meetings// //roles and responsibilities of team members//  //process tools// 
 * meetings
 * decision making
 * technologies
 * conflict management

Team performance
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 * review process
 * individual/team
 * feedback
 * strategies for improvement

Suggested learning experiences

 * work together in groups to research business-related topics
 * survey businesses and reading current journal articles to identify different types of teams in business
 * work with other departments within the school on specific projects (e.g. musical, fete, greening the school)
 * organise, conduct and evaluate a meeting for a school project
 * evaluate the effectiveness and running of school camps
 * attend or participate in a video/web conference or webinar
 * invite the school IT coordinator to set up video conferencing between two different classrooms
 * organise and run a meeting; video and evaluate the effectiveness of the team meeting through a discussion or other collaborative learning experience
 * prepare a booklet, video, or webpage to use as a training session on quality teams including the roles of individual team members and leaders
 * develop a workteam appraisal form and evaluate the effectiveness of group work undertaken
 * invite guest speakers to discuss teams in business
 * participate in team problem solving on school or local issues
 * role-play effective versus non-effective teams
 * prepare a seminar on the latest in team communication technologies
 * create a resource to be used to assist in conducting a training session on quality teams including the roles of individual team members and leaders
 * create work documents which will assist in running a team, e.g. task analysis form, workteam appraisal forms
 * survey workteams within the school environment and classify each member into their team roles.