Question

Groups and Teams (Understanding work teams)

From your experience, provide an example of a team that has done exceptionally well and a team that has been a failure. Explain why the successful team performed well and the unsuccessful team performed badly. Explain how these differences would be exacerbated if these were virtual teams using the information from the Leading Virtual Teams article.

Answer 1

WHY SUCCESSFUL

• Complement one another
• Open Lines of Communication
• Great Team Trust Each Other
• Adaptable to Changing Condition
• Confidence and creative Freedom
• Diversity of Capability
• Sharing Experience with Peers
• A Game Changer

EXAMPLE

(I) Successful Team Work : Two car Companies, one Challenge i.e. FORD and CHEVROLATE

(to update and improve automative Icons the F-150 Pickup Truck and hybrid Volt, respectively - Without eroding the Qualities thet made them Popular.)

Fords F-150 pickup truck is the best selling vehicle in the country and has been for more than 30 Years. but Ford wanted better fuel efficiency for 2015, wchich meant introducing economical six - cylinder Ecoboost engines and - afr more radial- using an all aluminum body. by Team tem Work they got success and Launch F 150 Pickup Truck.

WHY UNSUCESSFUL

• Failure to innovate
• Conflicts
• Cheating
• People's Morale and Engagement
• Undefined Roles in the Team
• Lack of Clarity in Communication

There are just few of the reasons behind some Teams' Failure..!

Sometime People will disagree for the Change(Innovation) , Infact they Resist to change. However, if a Business can lead its Team to find Solutions rather than discord,and learning from them is more likely to lead to success than Insolvency.

EXAMPLE

(II) unsuccessful Team Work :Enron

"America's most Innovative Company" by fortune Magazine for six years in a row, Enron was once a sweetheart of Nasdaq.

The all too familiar story of GREED and DECEPTION resulted in over 20,000 of Enron's employees losing their jobs, their healthcare, and approx $1.2 billion in 401k savings.

Since then, What was happend to those responsible for Enron's remarkable fall from grace? several of the Top Executives were behind the teh scheme landed themselves in Prison and one has died of a Heart Attack.