Welcome to the homepage of Team B: Motivating Teams.
Tina Bui
Jeff Williams
The majority of positions require some degree of teamwork.
As a manager or future manager, it is important to understand team
dynamics. Three evidence-based recommendations are outlined in this paper
that can enhance team performance:
- Give team
members the ability to make their own decisions by creating a
self-managing team will provide greater team effectiveness and
productivity. People are more motivated when they feel
they have more responsibility and more to contribute.
- Build trust
through open lines of communication. The type, quality, and quantity
of communication has a direct effect on trust. Trust was very
closely tied to perceptions of organizational openness, which as a result,
predicted employee involvement.
- Provide your
employees with developmental feedback, which will increase job performance
and motivation. Developmental feedback is not done annually, but an
ongoing process. The conversation needs to be constructive to be
successful. Managers may need to go through training to ensure the
feedback will be effective.
All of the recommendations are supported by research and studies.
An additional section follows that links the benefits to human resource
management. Job satisfaction, reduced absenteeism, reduced turnover, and
increased job performance are amongst the benefits. Following the
recommendations alone will not guarantee the results indicated; limitations
exist for each study and need to be closely analyzed with the business in which
it will be implemented.
