Module code : HRM30105 People and organisation

Title of assignment : Integrated assignment "Preserving Heritage "

VIRTUAL TEAMS

FACE-TO-FACE TEAMS

(Gera, 2013)

EXAMPLE:

Kar Qing is someone who is willing to share the workload in our team. He will always enquire for more tasks in our group through phone application, and he was willing to share the workload when one of our members was in difficulty of settling too many tasks.

Example: Audrey’s attitude in our team is always “we can do it”, everything will be fine after we have submitted our assignment. In every team, there should be a member who is willing to stay positive and encourages the others.

Example: Wendy is always the member in our team who gives instructions and requirements of assignments, guiding other members for corrections and improvements; she is someone who is responsible and other members have absolute trust in her.

Example: Sebastian is someone who is willing to share any news, such as ideas, the current progress of other groups, some reminders of what the teacher has taught us and also some basic knowledge from him. He is willing to contribute and concentrate in all assignments.

Example: In our team, all of us contain good communication skills. Our team has not encountered any conflicts during the process, all members in the team are good communicators and we do well to avoid misunderstandings.

For example, our team has a division of specific roles and responsibilities for all members. Audrey is the designer, Sebastian and Kar Qing are the researchers, and Wendy is the editor. Moreover, all members manage itself through planning and scheduling work, making decisions, taking actions and solving of problems, delegation of tasks, and collective control over the pace of work. 

For example, Audrey from our team is good in art and design. She is taking the responsibility in designing the platform for showing our assignment. Sebastian and Kar Qing are more competent in language and thus, taking the role of researcher. Lastly, Wendy is also competent in language, so accepting role as an editor for all information researched.

Michael Jordan once said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” From being good friends outside the classroom to being good teammates in every assignment, we have been motivated and being engaged in different tasks, trying our best to collaborate well in any circumstances. Our team adopts face-to-face interaction with close proximity between members to enhance in our communication skills and do a great job in assignments, and different personalities of us helped each other and tighten our bonds. Moreover, a good leader and great teammates has obtained productive results and working towards a common goal. Lastly, the work team and ways to produce effective communication that we have adopted made a huge contribution towards our team’s success. 

Chuck, Blakeman (2014). Why self-managed teams are the future of business. Available at: http://www.inc.com/chuck-blakeman/why-self-managed-teams-are-the-future-of-business.html (Accessed on: 4 December 2015)

Eric, Gill (2014). What is Laissez-Faire Leadership? How Autonomy Can Drive Success? Available at: http://online.stu.edu/laissez-faire-leadership/ (Accessed on: 4 December 2015)

Shikha Gera (2013) Virtual teams versus Face to face teams: A review of literature. IOSR Journal of Business and Management Volume 11, Issue 2 (2013). Academia [Online]. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/4858172/Virtual_teams_versus_face_to_face_teams_A_review_of_literature [Accessed on: 4 December 2015]

Example: Wendy did not tell any progress, tasks, and remained silent of anything related to assignments, members feel dissatisfied as they think Wendy is seeing them as useless in the group and thus, leading to communication barriers and poor job performance.

Example: If Sebastian is our group leader, his words are always full of the superfluous. Other members feel dissatisfied and without knowing the critical points of our assignment. Without clarity and being specific, team members may get confused and submitting a poor result

Example: If Audrey is the leader in our team, but with a closed mind; she does not like to consider ideas that are different from hers. Other members feel dissatisfied as their opinions and ideas are useless and it is not challenging. Therefore, the team has not been performing well in their assignment and gets low results. (Myatt, 2012)