WORKPLACE TEAM

COMPOSITIONTonya Monk

September 12, 2013Administrative Office Procedures I

PROJECT TEAMS AND TASK FORCES Project Teams are a group of individuals

assembled to perform activities that contribute toward achieving a common task related goal.

This team is desired for companies that have a constant need for developing new products, services, or methods to stay productive.

These teams are short lived.

PROJECT TEAMS AND TASK FORCES Project Teams could be used to put

together new ways for training new hires in a certain department.

They could also be used to help develop a new product like a new software for accounting.

PROJECT TEAMS AND TASK FORCES

Task Forces are temporary groupings of individuals and resources for the accomplishment of a specific objective.

They conduct research and offer recommendations to a committee or organizational leader.

They solve a problem that requires a multi-disciplinary approach.

PROJECT TEAMS AND TASK FORCES A Task Force could be set

up to catch an employee that is embezzling from the company.

They could also be setup to help reduce employee absenteeism in the company.

They are also used to help with government and federal agencies as well.

COMMITTEE A committee is a group

of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter.

The senior vice presidents of an organization might meet regularly to discuss developments in their areas, review projects that cut across organizational boundaries, talk about future options, etc.

COMMITTEE To keep the finances straight for an

organization they would use a finance committee to control all the financial planning and review the financial statements. They keep track of all funds for the organization.

A school may have a committee that is in charge of Prom preparations, and getting the finances to cover the Prom.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

Cross-functional Teams is a group that is made up of people from different functional areas within a company, such as: marketing, engineering, sales, and human resources.

They are most often set up as working groups that are designed to make decisions at a lower level than is customary in a given company. They can be either a company's primary form of organizational structure, or they can exist in addition to the company's main hierarchical structure.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

A Cross-Functional Team would be used to come up with ideas and ways to improve on customer relationships.

This team also helps to cross-train between other departments on some things like new e-mail systems in the company.

These teams also help to save the company time and money on coming up with new products and ideas for new services.

SUPERVISOR/COWORKER TEAMS

Supervisor /Coworker Teams are comprised of your supervisor and coworkers. You and your supervisor work toward specific goals and must collaborate and cooperate.

This is not a time to get “Buddy Buddy” with your supervisor.

Learn what your boss expects and do it well.

Be prepared; do not waste your supervisors time

SUPERVISOR/COWORKER TEAMS

Working on a team with a coworker is very common and can be formal and informal as well.

You could be on a team with a coworker to come up with a plan to set up a “Fun Day” at work for the office.

Your team with your supervisor could be to learn more about conflict resolution in the work place.

EXTERNAL TEAMS External Teams are formed

when a individual within an organization works with individuals outside the organization to achieve specified goals.

Good Communication is very important when working with an external team, remember you are representing your organization.

EXTERNAL TEAMS Outsourcing is one example of an

external team. Many organizations outsource their

payroll to be done. Using another company or organization to do the payroll.

This can be a cheaper route than hiring an accountant to do it.

VIRTUAL TEAMS

Virtual Teams are the group of individuals spread across different time zones, cultures, languages or, ethnicities which are united by a common goal.

Virtual Teams can be used internationally or as close as the next state, county, or city.

They are valuable to organizations, they save time and money.

VIRTUAL TEAMS A virtual team could be set up for meetings on a

weekly basis for offices that are spread out across the state. This makes it easier and cost effective to have everyone present for the meetings.

They could also be set up to show demonstrations for a new software that is being used by a large company in several states.

Many of todays companies utilize this team to help in their IT departments as well, they are able to fix computer by way of remote connections.