Team Dynamics
Team Dynamics is how a group of two or more that works together for a common goal. One definition of a team is: two or more individuals associated in some joint action. (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (1976). In the business & education world, these joint actions should have some mission or objective that achieves results like a research paper. My Team B has come together with a common goal: Writing a successful paper for week 5 on “Academic Honesty” and create a PowerPoint presentation to accompany the essay. For this to be possible we must learn how to work as a team.
Through completing the Team B Charter (may be incomplete, still waiting for Manika Dunn) we have learned the dynamics of how we, as a team, will work together to complete our goal of producing a well-written paper on time with equal participation from each member. Each team members has different strengths and weaknesses in our intelligences. We have members that are strong in Logical-Mathematical, Interpersonal, Musical & Visual-Spatial. All these levels of intelligences should make for a great paper. We also have different personality types in our group like the Thinker, the Organizer, the Adventurer & the follower.
We also addressed potential barriers that we may encounter, like scheduling conflicts due to personal or work related issues & technological boundaries, for each person may be on a different level in this area. The team members & leader through fulfilling duties, assignments, & commitments must earn trust. (Temme, J. & Katzel, J. (1995)
Team communication can be affected by many factors. Different personalities can affect a team because if one is on a team with many strong personalities it can cause confl ...