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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Managerial Implications of Team Work

In the last byte, we began our discussion about the managerial implications on team work in the modern day. In today's byte, we continue the discussion further and look at the managerial implications in detail.

The manager's responsibility in the triangle of new age team management is that of creating a receptive organizational environment for work groups and teams to work in. So, the manager would have to look at a balance between setting limits and removing barriers to enable the employees work better at their full potential. Unlike the traditional model, the manager here would be required to create a broad charter for this team, and give the team members the freedom to work - the role required from the manager would be to coach the team. Timely feedback and performance evaluation are other responsibilities that the manager would shoulder.

The team leader role differs from the managers’ role on the following dimensions. The team leader would need to teach, listen, solve problems, manage conflicts, and enhance team functioning to ensure its success. It is primarily the team leaders’ responsibility to help the team work through interpersonal, task, and authority issues and show skill in nurturing a cohesive and effective team. Clearly we find that the team leaders’ role is more hands on than the managers’ role described above.

Simply put, the team leaders should be skilled at forging the teamwork amongst diverse group of individuals, while the managers would need to be skilled in forging collaboration amongst diverse groups.

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