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Team operating principles and guidelines
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table of contents
- Introduction
- Principle 1: As a Team We Will Commit to Respecting Each Other
- Principle 2: As a Team We Will Ensure a Proper Communication Despite Stress
- Principle 3: As a Team We Will Adhere to Bureaucracy
- Principle 4: As a Team We Agree to Respect Everyone's Culture & Different Backgrounds
- Principle 5: As a Team We Adhere to Include All of Our Team Members to Enforce a Problem-Solving Environment
- Principle 6: As a Team We Will Engage Conflict in a Professional, Clear, Supportive Way
- Principle 7: As a Team We Will Praise the Ability to Self-Manage at the Individual Level
- Conclusions
- References
#3 As a Team We Will Adhere to Bureaucracy
#4 As a Team We Agree to Respect Everyone's Culture & Different Backgrounds
Description: People from different cultures have different values, morals & attitudes. (Lencioni, 2012)
Justification:
- Vulnerability-based trust
- Dimensions of diversity
(Mazur, 2010)
Description:
- Standardization of the way things have to be done
- Challenges of bureaucracy (Lencioni, 2012)
Justification:
- Higher efficiency
- Centralizing decision-making
(Langton et al., 2013)
Conclusions
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#2 As a Team We Will Ensure a Proper Communication Despite Stress
Importance of having a well-functioning team in achieving organisational goals
Our principles focus on how to capture the full potential when working in a team environment
Description:
- Eustress (+) & Distress (-)
- Non-verbal part of communicating
- Different ways to express what you want to say
Justification: 40% of people said they have no time to be friendly (The New York Times, 2015)
Introduction
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#5 As a Team We Adhere to Include All of Our Team Members to Enforce a Problem-Solving Environment
Description: Shared responsibility & accountability within a team, in order to achieve common goals
(Langton et al., 2013)
Justification:
- Measuring the success of a team by their results
(Lencioni, 2012)
REFERENCES
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#1 As a Team We Will Commit to Respecting Each Other
Capturing the true potential teamwork offers
Importance of having a healthy team
The principles we have chosen will help boost, motivate and achieve results within an organisation
Langton, N., Robbins, S., & Judge, T. (2013). Organizational Behaviour: Concepts, Controversies, Applications. Toronto, Canada: Pearson Canada Inc.
Lencioni, P. (2012). The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. US: HB Printing
Manz, C., & Sims, H. (2001). The New Superleadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves.
Mazur, B. (2010). Cultural Diversity in Organisational Theory and Practice, Journal of Intercultural Management. 2 (2), 5-15.
The New York Times. (2015, June 19). No time to be nice at work. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/is-your-boss-mean.html (Christine Porath)
Description: Respect is treating others with dignity (Langton et al., 2013)
- Plays a big role when teams face conflict
- Important part of a healthy, well functioning team
Justification:
- Makes it easier for teams to communicate openly
- Respect between team members, but also between the leader and the team
Achieving better results
#6 As a Team We Will Engage Conflict in a Professional, Clear, Supportive Way
Description: Conflict is inevitable, so it is important to be able to react to conflict in a professional manner
Justification:
- Validating communication theories
- Importance of resolving conflict to become a healthy organization
What happens if conflict is not resolved?
#7 As a Team We Will Praise the Ability to Self-Manage at the Individual Level
Description: Self leadership is when employees put exceptional effort into becoming self-motivated, not only planning but implementing tasks, while solving their own problems
(Manz et al., 2001)
Justification:
Better results, effectiveness, motivation
Setting individual goals, strong self-direction, value individualism, self-criticism