Creating an effective team through increasing the leadership concern and modifying the functional duties in Company X
Kardash, Alena (2020)
Kardash, Alena
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020102321589
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020102321589
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The aim of this study is to create a team from the group members to increase its performance, to learn what the team is and what are the factors influencing its effectiveness. The role of a leader is analysed deeply as it plays a crucial role in team’s performance. The scope of the research is a group of 7 employees (and a supervisor) in Company X with the goal to produce a solution of forming an effective team.
The main research question of the study is How to create an effective team? The sub-questions, which helped to find an answer, include the understanding of a team and a group, the role of a leader in team effectiveness, the concept of knowledge sharing, attributes of an effective team.
The study is designed as a case study with the multimethod of collecting the data, including observations, questionnaire, and workshops. The theoretical framework covers the team dynamics, role of a leader in team performance, including the aspects of leading virtual teams and knowledge sharing (team learning).
The study revealed that the current employees comprise a group, not a team, which lacks a common goal and the interactions between the group members, including the knowledge sharing, are limited to finding the solutions to own challenges, rather than ideation to promote the whole team performance. The research also stated the shortage of leadership due to the lack of time, that resulted in weak connection of the group members to the HQ and lack of the common goal.
The proposed solution assumed creating a common goal to glue the team through reformulating the functional duties and a new managerial role to spare the time of the supervisor to engage more into leading the team. The action plan was proposed to continue the process of team development and increasing its effectiveness, including enhancing the virtual meetings, launching the knowledge repository, analyses of leadership practices.
The main research question of the study is How to create an effective team? The sub-questions, which helped to find an answer, include the understanding of a team and a group, the role of a leader in team effectiveness, the concept of knowledge sharing, attributes of an effective team.
The study is designed as a case study with the multimethod of collecting the data, including observations, questionnaire, and workshops. The theoretical framework covers the team dynamics, role of a leader in team performance, including the aspects of leading virtual teams and knowledge sharing (team learning).
The study revealed that the current employees comprise a group, not a team, which lacks a common goal and the interactions between the group members, including the knowledge sharing, are limited to finding the solutions to own challenges, rather than ideation to promote the whole team performance. The research also stated the shortage of leadership due to the lack of time, that resulted in weak connection of the group members to the HQ and lack of the common goal.
The proposed solution assumed creating a common goal to glue the team through reformulating the functional duties and a new managerial role to spare the time of the supervisor to engage more into leading the team. The action plan was proposed to continue the process of team development and increasing its effectiveness, including enhancing the virtual meetings, launching the knowledge repository, analyses of leadership practices.