https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa Please post your answers to the 2 case study questions here! en-us 2021-11-23 12:57:51 UTC 2025-10-11 11:17:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1911643312 Functional teams have team members that work in the same department and have the same professions. While the cross-functional team is a team that consists of members from different departments.]]> 2021-11-25 02:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1911643312 https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1911701078 The cross-functional team at Forgemasters has been through different stages, including forming, storming, norming and performing.
Forming: they first discussed the unresolved problems
Storming: some operations staff refused to work with staff from other departments.
Norming: big decisions are made by group agreement, and they started socialising together.
Performing: They achieve the goal set at the beginning. The productivity and morale of the team drastically raised.]]> 2021-11-25 02:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1911701078 https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1912867262 1. Functional Team: they have specific task to finish and it is a vertical hierarchy  levels of the organisation. Functional team members have detailed role, but achieve the same task.   
Cross Functional Team: they have various teaks to achieve and it may have different teams to collaborate together. They can make decisions directly instead of asking management areas leaders.

]]> 2021-11-25 15:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1912867262 https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1912868072 In Forgemasters company, the manager Andy Howard told teams to solve serious problems. There were three functional groups in Forgemasters, such as marketing, finance and operations. At the beginning, Suzanne decided to get there different groups thoughts and ideas. Then, started a monthly problem talking. After six month discussion, they led many improvements. Additionally, workers in three cross-functional teams and began to share their own ideas and socializing together]]> 2021-11-25 15:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1912868072 https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1914666211 Functional team is a group of people working in a common specialized area for their goals.
Cross Functional team is a group of people working in a variety of areas to achieve a same goal.

]]> 2021-11-26 17:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1914666211 https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1914746567 There are 4 stages in the idea of team development stages. Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing. In Forming stage, team members are usually excited to be part of the team and eager about the work ahead. In Storming stage, members discover that the team can't live up to all of their early excitement and expectations. In Norming stage, members making a conscious effort to resolve d problems and achieve group goal. In performing stage, the team makes significant progress towards its goals.]]> 2021-11-26 18:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pre_arrival_learning/ogs884wzz4xamtfa/wish/1914746567