Team Building cont'd - hdbk12020017

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Teamwork training should be conducted to support the tasks identified in the job analysis.

Since most teamwork skills may not be identified by traditional methods of analysis, this

guide, the team itself, and references on team building also can be used to determine what

knowledge and skills are necessary. This training should enable individuals to:

Function effectively within a group of people who possess varying technical,

communication, and interpersonal skills

Identify deficiencies and initiate corrective action for performance problems

resulting from lack of teamwork

Describe the organizational roles and responsibilities assigned to work team

members

Describe and apply criteria used to measure team effectiveness

Describe characteristics common to effective teams and determine which are

present in their own team

Identify and promote factors essential to internal group support and

cohesiveness

Describe disadvantages of teams and improve the individual's ability to

counteract these disadvantages

Describe team member roles assigned only during abnormal or emergency

operations

Determine how organizational and individual perceptions of assigned roles

and responsibilities influence individual performance

Promote individual concepts and positions during interfaces with other people

Define team values, attitudes, and beliefs, and identify those adopted by the

work team(s)

Perform a self-assessment to identify and compensate for personality traits

that detract from effective teamwork

Describe how team values, attitudes, and beliefs affect team interaction.

Effective team performance not only means successful completion of the technical task at

hand, but doing so in a way that increases the team's ability to do future work and satisfy the

needs of individual team members. While classroom learning has proven its utility for

addressing technical problems, it may not be the preferred approach to team development.

The team skills developed through classroom training and practice exercises may be