Question

Answer the following 3 questions on building Team Cohesiveness:

How to Build Team Cohesiveness

Schedule social time together.

Get agreement on group goals.

Focus attention on competition with outside groups.

Reward members for group results (cooperative rather than competitive rewards).

Reduce contact with other groups.

Create a sense of performance “crisis.”

The opposite steps may be taken to reduce the cohesiveness of a group. Such actions may become necessary when members of a highly cohesive group are operating with negative performance norms and the efforts to change these norms have failed.

1. Why is building team cohesiveness important?
(Present any background or facts that will enable the reader to clearly understand this.)

2. Tell how you have or how you see yourself applying the Tool Kit. You must be specific and give details as to how you did/would apply it and what the results were/could be. Give specific examples of how you have seen this issues play out in your work life. (or personal life where appropriate.)

3. Thinking about this Tool Kit, write a well-thought out reflective statement about how this assignment could influence your personal, academic, and professional leadership and managerial development. In other words, “how will you apply it going forward/”

Answer 1

1. Team cohesiveness is a process which helps in the contribution of the each and every team member work upto their ability for reaching the company's objectives and goal.The team cohesiveness is developed among those members who have same kind of interest. Team cohesiveness is important to maintain equal mindset among the team members.The working atmosphere become easy.The sense of trust is maintained among the team members which makes the working conditions make easier.The objectives of the group is common and hence easier to acheive.This helps in improving the performance of the company.Sense of cooperation is improved which ultimately saves the time of the team.