Nhom8 TEAM CHARACTERISTICS AND DIVERSITY

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Characteristics
and diversity

Group 8:
1. Nguyễn Thị Nhã Duyên
2. Nguyễn Thị Hồng Anh
3. Nguyễn Thảo Phương
4. Nguyễn Thị Trang


Contents
1

Team-definition

2

Characteristics

3

Team composition

4

Conlusion


I. Definition
TEAMS ??????
 Interdependent & know
this
 Share responsibility for
outcomes & believe this
 See themselves as (and
who are seen by others
as) an intact social entity
 Cohesion


Team # Group

Example: “group” project in college


ii. Team characteristics


What 
Characteristics 
Can Be Used to 
Describe 
Teams?

1.Types of team

Work team

relatively permanent; 
produce goods or 
provide services => 
commitment from 
members

Management team

relatively permanent; 
participate in 
managerial­level 
tasks =>affect the 
entire organization

Parallel Team

members from 
various jobs who 
provide 
recommendations to 
manages run 
"parallel" 


Project Team

Action Team

Virtual Team

generally complex and
require a lot of input
from members with
different types of
training and expertise
Perform complex tasks
that are normally
limited in duration

the members are
geographically
dispersed,
interdependent activity
occurs through
electronic
communications


2. Types of team interdependent
a.

   

Task Interdependence
POLLED

RECIPROCAL

SEQUENTIAL

COMPREHENCE


b. goal interdependence
A high degree of goal interdependence exists when team members have a 
shared vision of the team’s goal and align their individual goals with that 
vision as a result.
Develop a  formalized mission statement that members buy into.


c. outcome interdependence
 A high degree of outcome interdependence 
exists when team members share in the rewards 
that the team earns.
Pay, bonuses, formal feedback and recognition, 
pats on the back, extra time off, and continued 
team survival


III.TEAM COMPOSITION


Team composition: the mix of people who make 
up the team



Five aspects 


TEAM  DIVERSITY


Diversity – individual 

differences and similarities
that exist among people


A group characteristic 



Affect performance,  

motivation,
 success and interactions
 with others


TEAM DIVERSITY
Surface­ level diversity

Deep­ level diversity




Difference in easily perceived characteristics 


More important for determining 
similarity as people get to know 
one another

Lead employees to perceive one another 
through stereotype and assumption 


Effects: tend to diminish with time


Effects: tend to increase over time


Application: Team Compensation
 Outcome

interdependence has obvious
connections to compensation practices in
organizations.



IV,. RECOMMENDATION AND

CONCLUSION
1. RECOMMENDATION
How Does One Go About Developing Diversity?
When surface- level diversity diminish with time


How Does One Go About Developing Diversity at deep level ?

Training

Education


How Does One Go About Developing
Diversity at deep level ?


Development
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 With higher levels of task interdependence also
comes an increased chance of conflict
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How to avoid or have productive conflict ?


By the creation of a team 
charter



when the group is formed, 



clarifying the roles, 



expected tasks performance 
outcomes for each member



Special attention to role 
division and the usage of 
the team charter to enforce 
the roles is in order when 
the level of task 

interdependence is high.


We SHOULD KNOW about team diversity and characteristics

Cognitive Flexibility
Roles And Motivation
Increased Creativity and innovation exhibited by 
teams.
Strong relationship and higher commitment
Team performance get better 


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