Team/Group Building

1. The most possible cause of conflict among people can be lack of communication.

2. A team is internally organized, with specific goals and usually has specific roles for different members, as a group is just a collection of people with something in common, such as having the same birth place or interests.

3. Flat organizational structures affects communication because an individual may take expanded roles to do important tasks, and you need to have good communication because you will then have to do a lot of face-to-face meetings with teams and members.

4. When deciding between a face-to-face meeting and an electronic meeting, you must consider the facts of issues that are sensitive, who knows each other, relationships, location, time, and physical characteristics.

5. Some teams cannot reach the highest stage of team development because of conflicts in the team. Things such as team building activities can help stop those conflicts and to show that it is possible to work with each other.

6. Agendas and minutes are important to group success because the closer you and your team become and the more each of you become used to each other, the faster you can get through projects and work on new things; you can work better together.

Team Activity Project: Big foot. In this game, you must put everyone in a straight line and blindfold them. You must them communicate with each other to line up according to shoe size (smallest to biggest). The catch is that you cannot say your shoe size and without vision.