Chapter 6 Essay

Chapter 6 Essay Chapter 6 Essay Chapter 6 Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation 06-01 Chapter 6 Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, students will be able to: ï‚â€"Understand the steps involved in project team building. ï‚â€"Know the characteristics of effective project teams and why teams fail. ï‚â€"Know the stages in the development of groups. ï‚â€"Describe how to achieve cross-functional cooperation in teams. Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-02 Chapter 6 Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, students will be able to: ï‚â€"See the advantages and challenges of project teams. ï‚â€"Understand the nature of conflict and evaluate response method. ï‚â€"Understand the importance of negotiation skills in project management. Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-03 FIGURE 6.3 Basic Steps in Assembling a Project Team Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-04 Effective Project Teams ï  ¶Clear Sense of Mission ï  ¶Productive Interdependency ï  ¶Cohesiveness ï  ¶Trust ï  ¶Enthusiasm ï  ¶Results Orientation Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-05 Reasons Why Teams Fail ï‚â€"Poorly developed or unclear goals ï‚â€"Poorly defined project team roles & interdependencies ï‚â€"Lack of project team motivation ï‚â€"Poor communication ï‚â€"Poor leadership ï‚â€"Turnover among project team members ï‚â€"Dysfunctional behavior Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-06 Stages in Group Development 1. Forming – members become acquainted 2. Storming – conflict begins 3. Norming – members reach agreement 4. Performing – members work together 5. Adjourning – group disbands Punctuated Equilibrium is a different model Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-07 Team Development Stages Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall FIGURE 6.4 06-08 Model of Punctuated Equilibrium FIGURE 6.5 Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-10 Achieving Cross-Functional Cooperation Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall FIGURE 6.6 06-11 Building High-Performing Teams Make the project team tangible ï‚â€"Publicity ï‚â€"Terminology & language Reward good behavior ï‚â€"Flexibility ï‚â€"Creativity ï‚â€"Pragmatism Develop a personal touch ï‚â€"Lead by example ï‚â€"Positive feedback for good performance ï‚â€"Accessibility & consistency Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-12 Virtual Project Teams use electronic media to link members of a geographically dispersed project team How Can Virtual Teams Be Improved? ïÆ' ¼Use face-to-face communication when possible ïÆ' ¼Don’t let team members disappear ïÆ' ¼Establish a code of conduct ïÆ' ¼Keep everyone in the communication loop ïÆ' ¼Create a process for addressing conflict Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 06-13 Conflict Management Conflict is a process that begins when you perceive that someone has frustrated or is about to frustrate a major concern of yours. Categories Views Goal-oriented Administrative Interpersonal Copyright  © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Traditional Behavioral Interactionis t