Team-Based OrganizationsIntroductionA team is a small group of people with complementary skills who actively work together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively responsible. In today's society, there may be several factors associated with a group of people becoming a high-performing team. For a team to achieve great performance and deliver real benefits to the organization, it must be able to distinguish its strengths and weaknesses. All teams need members who believe in the team's goals and are motivated to actively work with others to accomplish important tasks. Commitment to teamwork is found in each member's willingness to listen and respond constructively to the opinions expressed by others. A high-performing team must give others the benefit of the doubt, provide support and recognize the interests and achievements of others. These things are essential for a team to be a high-performing team in today's competitive and changing business environment. High-Performing Teams It takes a lot of work for a group of people to become a high-performing team. High-performance teams have special characteristics that allow them to excel at teamwork and gain special performance advantages. A team that will become a high-performance team must consist of strong core values that help guide their attitudes and behaviors in directions consistent with the team's purpose. Another thing high-performance teams do is turn an overall sense of purpose into specific performance goals. While a sense of shared purpose gives a team overall direction, commitment to specific performance outcomes makes that purpose truly meaningful. Additionally, high-performing team members should have the right mix of skills, including technical skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills, and interpersonal skills. Finally, anyone can easily argue that for a team to be a high performing team it must be creative. In the new workplace, teams must use their creativity to assist organizations in continuously improving operations and continuously developing new products, services and markets. Diversity Climate Improving an organization's diversity climate occurs through the implementation of teams. To conceive a better perspective of how the diversity climate applies to the organization… half of the paper… the group can benefit from complementarities among its members' skills. Second, the different skills of team members must be relevant to each other. For example, you may not give compliments to someone if a team member's skills are not relevant to a teammate's productivity. Third, good communication is necessary for all team members to carry out the relevant joint tasks and engage in a conscious process to be productive. Conclusion Teams are the main forces behind today's revolutionary changes in organizations. Team-based organizations are becoming the management system of the future in today's competitive business environment. To be a high-performance team, the right skills must be in place. When it comes to diverse teams, you need to take the differences into consideration and use them to your advantage. In order to successfully run a business, it is necessary to distinguish which group of people are qualified and capable of doing what is right for the organization to be successful. References Katherine C. Naff, Richard C. Thompson. The impact 10, 2005.
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