Summary: Work Group Psychology
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1 Team Composition and Task Interdependence
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What are the three team dimensions suggested in the article of "beyond team types and taxonomies?
Skill differentiation
Authority differentiation
Temporal stability -
What could be a fourth dimension, when thinking about the different team dimensions from "beyond team types and taxonomies"?
Virtuality -
What dimension in "beyond team types and taxonomies" is described as: can everybody on the team perform all the tasks or are the team members specialized in some shape or form?
Skill differentiation -
What dimension in "beyond team types and taxonomies" is described as: who gets to make decisions when disagreements arise or how are decisions made?
Authority differentiation -
What dimension in "beyond team types and taxonomies" is described as: how long has the team been working together?
Temporal stability -
What is use of using dimensions, instead of categorical team types in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?
(ambiguous) Team specifics might mean different things -> dimensions is underlying principle
(rigid) New team types emerge, other wither -> dimensions deals with change
Being able to clearly describe a team allow us to understand strengths and weaknesses, as well as adopt to the team in case problems emerge -
Can you give an example of a low end and high end skill differentiation team in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?
Low end: Technicians
High end: Surgical team -
Can you give an example of a low end and high end authority differentiation team in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?
Low end: self-managing teams
High end: traditional work teams, judge-advisor team -
Can you give an example of a low end and high end temporal stability team in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?
Low end: student teams
High end: long-term project teams -
What problems could arise in high skill differentiation teams in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?
Problems with communicating
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