What Is It?
Team Management (TM) welds together team members chosen in HRM towards best possible efficiency of the whole team.
Who Does It?
It is primarily task of project manager to exercise the leadership (L) and steer the team towards optimal efficiency.
Why Is It Important?
Working in a team, one likes is the second, past the project goal, most motivating factor; and motivation lead to tenfold performance. On the other side, people underperform, when they take time to find their social position in team – and this is unavoidable. Their productivity is influenced by interpersonal relationships and multicultural impact. So, it is the question of productivity to care about in Team Management.
What Are the Steps?
Verify and close pending process improvements and tasks. If there is a new team member initiating the process of his fastest integration in team. Watch if team performs – start appropriate procedure, in case any improvement potential emerges. Carefully observe the multicultural interrelations – do not hesitate to initiate clarification or adaptation of any rituals. After verifying all roles check if Change Request or Knowledge Management shall be addressed.
What Is the Work?
Team works efficiently if there are no major internal differences. Any new team member starts the team positioning from the scratch – so it takes time to settle. And this should be minimized. The higher is the team cohesion the better is its performance. Yet only project goal-oriented teams are efficient – any hidden agenda of highly coherent team is disastrous – definitely, must be avoided.
How Do I Ensure That I Have Done It Right?
Organize and lead fast team building activities, support multicultural knowledge and growth of mutual tolerance, take care about true focusing of the team on the project goals.
