In IST335 course, a lot work should be done by team. In order to get the work done and do it well, team members should work together. During the process, teamwork plays an important role. For the first two group activities, I gradually get familiar with my team members and work well with them.
My team is definitely is a formal group because we are assigned together. In order to finish the work, we need to cooperate with each other. We work together to achieve the goal and everyone works hard. In my opinion, my team is a combination of project team and self- managing team. Project team is a group of associates who temporarily serve as team to complete a specific project. This definition fits in our team, we are grouped together in order to finish the project and is temporarily because this team will end up when the project is complete. The self- managing team is a team that completing a whole piece of work, all of us have the ability to make important decisions, and everyone is equal.
For my team, the reasons that team become effective in two ways. First, we share our knowledge with one another. When we discussed the delivery system of our organization, I shared the experience and I knowledge of how this kind of delivery system work in my country. I explain it in details to ensure everyone can understand well. After I shared the knowledge, we came up with a better delivery system based on my knowledge. Second is the affective. We are like the environment of our team. We enjoy this kind of working phrase, and interested in. Maria said that the team project cam make her thinks more and becomes more creative, and Troy agrees with her. Just because everyone feel good and delight with team project, the effective improve.
Although diversity can bring some negative effect for teamwork, I think it brings a lot of benefits. In my team the diversity is not vary so much, so members have different opinions can help team to generate a better solution. For the group activity that we discuss to star up and solve a problem, everyone shares their opinion, and we combine them together to come up with the final version.
The team developed in a combination of stage model and punctuated equilibrium model. At first, the team developed with a stage model, because we had to get know each other. After every members are familiar with each other, we also developed some norms in order to make sure that everyone contributes to the project and work well. Everyone has their role in the team, some are leading the team work keep going, some are provide good ideas for the work, and others make take notes and share the documents to everyone. And then it goes to the punctuated equilibrium model, because by the end of the class we need to hand in some information. Every member worked together and worked harder in order to get the work done before the deadline. At that time, everyone focus on the project, and tried our best to complete the task.
Every team members are very friendly and we do not have conflicts between each other. Everyone has the equal rights and chance to share their ideas and make decisions. Because of those reasons, my team can work well and handle the problem effectively.
