Team Interventions

TEAM OR WORK GROUP INTERVENTIONS

Organizational Development (OD) Definition Organization Development (OD) is an effort (1)Planned (2)Organization wide, and (3)Managed from the top, to (4)Increase organization effectiveness and health through (5)Planned interventions in the organization’s “processes,” using behavioral-science knowledge. (6) (7) 

Intervention 

To intervene is to enter into an ongoing system of relationships, to come between or among persons, groups, or objects for the purpose of helping them.

OD Interventions 

It refers to the range of planned, programmatic activities clients and consultants participate in during the course of an organization development program.

Team Interventions

Distinction between Groups and Teams A work group is  - a number of persons  - usually reporting to a common superior  - having some face-to-face interaction  - persons have some degree of interdependence in carrying out tasks for the purpose of achieving organizational goals  A team is  - a form of group  - has some characteristics in greater degree than ordinary groups  - and a higher degree of interdependency and interaction 

Team or work groups Strategic units of organization  Much of the organization’s work is accomplished directly or indirectly through teams  Work team culture exerts a significant influence on individual behaviour 

Teams

 Cross-Functional

Teams: comprised of

individuals with functional home baseeg. Manufacturing, design, engg etc.but they meet regularly to solve ongoing challenges requiring input from a number of functional areas

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 Effective

Teams: are relaxed,

comfortable and informal

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 High-Performance

Teams: have

strong personal commitment to each other- commitment to other’s growth and success

Team-Building Interventions 

The four main areas: ü Diagnosis ü Task Accomplishments ü Team relationships ü Team and organization processes

Major approaches to Team Building

al work group diagnost ic m eet ing

Form al work group t em -building m eet ing

Process Consult at ion

Gest alt OD

THE FORMAL GROUP DIAGNOSTIC MEETING 

Its purpose is to conduct a general critique of the performance of the group and to uncover and identify problems on which they will work on

THE FORMAL GROUP TEAMBUILDING MEETING 

It has the goal of improving the team’s effectiveness through better management of task demands, relationship demands and group processes.

PROCESS CONSULTATION INTERVENTIONS  Process

consultation model is similar to team-based interventions  It places greater emphasis on diagnosing and understanding process events

A GESTALT APPROACH TO TEAM BUILDING  Focuses

more on the individual than on the group is the Gestalt Approach to OD

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Techniques and Exercises used in Team Building

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IATIONS & CONCERNS EXERCISE RESPONSIBILITY CHARTINGVISIONING

FORCE-FIELD ANALYSIS