Ensure Team Effectiveness

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A high profile jeweller firm hire me in a high managerial position. The organisation manufactures, imports and repairs jewellery for distribution to its many stores in all states. My position title is “Team Leader of Distribution and Warehousing” which is considered as a frontline in management position. Under my leadership are 12 team members, from different backgrounds, level of expertise, and as well as the number of years in employment. The main reason for the appointment is that departmental productivity (outputs) has not been meeting the organization's expectations and with this, different problems in team were identified. Therefore, I have the opportunity to suggest strategies or the steps that may help in developing a competent team. Every workplace setting expects the quality performance coming from the contributions of the individuals. However, the idea of teamwork as an excellent way in increasing the performance became one of the trends or strategies to maximize the capability of the organization. It is also part of the strategic and scientific approach of the organizations that can be traced back from the traditional type of organizations up until the present or modern-type of organization. As observed, it seems that the early forms of the teamwork or “team” are not that difficult to establish unlike today. Because of the involvement of complexities in the environment, the uniqueness of the individuals and their interest made it difficult for an organization to build an effective team. Every team goes through the five stages of team development. The first four stages of team growth were first developed by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and published in 1965. His theory, called "Tuckman's Stages" was based on research he conducted on team dynamics. He believed (as is a common belief today) that these stages are inevitable in order for a team to grow to the

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