TEAM DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON SRI LANKAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
DEFINITION OF A TEAM
A team is a
collection of individuals who are independent their tasks, who share
responsibility for outcomes, who see themselves and who are seen by others as
an intact social entity embedded in one or more larger social systems and who
manage their relationships across the organization boundaries. (Cohen and
bailey, 1997)
It has the following characteristics
1.The team has committed to accomplish a common purpose
2.The team is a small group of people with common or
complementary skills
3.They corporate with each other based on an agreed set of
expectations.
4.They keep themselves accountable.
STAGES OF TEAM
DEVELOPMENT
As teams evolve
they demonstrate some different characteristics based on their requirement and
interpersonal relationships. They move in and out of four stages of the team
development process.
1.FORMING
In this stage
team gets together at the first time and it’s a period of cautious involvement.
Questions will arise on purpose, behavior, expectations, needs, problems and
indicators of success.
2.STORMING
In this stage
will focus on underpinning process, structure and discipline and also
developing fundamental skills of team members. Will cultivate and share the
awareness of purpose, values and circumstances and also foster independence.
This can be the stage of defensiveness, tension and the argumentation etc., In
this stage leaders must resolve issues, Sooth egos, bargain compromises,
negotiate, squabbles and delegate responsibilities.
3.NORMING
The team will
feel more comfortable with their roles and responsibilities. Everyone is contributing
and work as cohesive unit. Members will start to notice and appreciate each
member’s strengths.
4.PERFORMING
In this stage
team is at the higher level of performance and can process their strengths and
weaknesses. The team is able to evaluate its effectiveness and conflict viewed
as an opportunity. Teams tend to be energetic, creative and fun. Team is
working as a unit to perform goals.
5.ADJOURNING
At this stage
group member will feel sense of loss and their motivation will decline when the
team work comes to an end. It’s important to identify the group member’s
accomplishment of task given and celebrate the overall success.
TEAM DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT ON SRI LANKAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
As per the
research done by Mr. Akalanka Hapuarachchi and Dr. Sepani Senarathna
construction industry is highly susceptible to be benefited from the teams as
the products are delivered by diverse professionals. However effective teams
cannot create at a flash and it needs time to be mature with the given
opportunities.
The empirical
outcomes show that in Sri Lankan construction industry the forming and storming
stages were not experienced by the construction team members to the same extent
as suggested by Tuckman and Jensen. Further They said that in performing stage
they had experienced some conflicts and again fallen in to Storming stage,
therefore they had to follow the same sequence over again to be an effective team.
As this happens in several locations, it crates several cycles between the
stages.
One of the project
managers mentioned this occurred with the arrival of new members during
different stages. Another set of team members indicated that conflicts occurs
due to change of scope.
According to the
findings it is suggested that the team leaders has an important role on
allocating resources and providing leadership support to face challenges in
each stage of team development.
REFERENCES
Team Leadership Guide available at http://teamleadershipguide.com/team_definition__development.htm#targetText=%C2%A7%20They%20are%20small%20groups,Stages%20of%20Team%20Development*
How to motivate people working in
teams available at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3a7d/79bbfb1e71475998486f245d27b453d72f17.pdf
The case study: Construction
project teams and their Development
Good article interesting to read which relates to construction industry. Since Srilanka is a devolving country where lots of construction activities are going on. Not only in the construction sector each and every sector should need developed team with proper leadership skills to succeed. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article and nicely explain. thanks share your knowledge in this blog. good luck.
ReplyDeleteGood that you have selected srilankan content. inverse situation going on with the captioned sector and lot of people who were in this field flying abroad to find new jobs. It is not a good sign,so there should be a quality leadership to restore this sector.
ReplyDeleteTeam development stages elaborated well, and you have described where the problem arises in the Sri Lankan context. Good article for the present while Chinese labours are dominating the construction industry of Sri Lanka.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Nice post with having intersting topic.agreed with your eassy that Effective teams cannot create at a flash and it needs time to be mature with the given opportunities.
ReplyDeleteKeeps it up.
Good work Manjula, building a team is not an easy task and as you mentioned a matured team will take the organization beyond expectations. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDelete"TEAM DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON SRI LANKAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY" Nicely explained
ReplyDeleteNice article based on sri lankan industry.actually we can expect more output from matured workforce.but creating good environment for retaining employees is the key to matured workforce.
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