TEAM WORK in Valley Crossing exercise

I will start by writing the famous proverb-

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself - Henry Ford

Valley Crossing Exercise – Yet another exercise to understand management concepts!

The basic definition of Team Work says- Teamwork is "work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole. So, in order to develop the concepts an exercise on Valley crossing is the best suited. 

Teamwork is a mixture of action process, interpersonal process and transition period in between. Teamwork consists of leadership, team formation, team norms, outcome interdependence, competition and cooperation. Teamwork can lead to better decisions, products or services.

The following image clearly depicts why teamwork is so much useful and what it can lead to:-

“Together Everyone Achieves More”

So, now let's begin with the exercise. The steps followed int the exercise are as follows-

In the above figure the position and requirement of leadership may changes in 3 ways:-

• All the time one leader
• All the time all leader
• All the time sometime leader

From this activity we realized the importance of decentralized leadership The leadership needs to be distributed and should have orientation.The given situation states that there are:-

                                        27 Situation ------9 Position --------3 People

Observation:-

1. All three members have equal distribution of different kinds of situation :

•          High Risk 01 times
•          Half Risks 02 times
•          Fully Safe 02 times

2. All three members have the same role in terms of effort and risk. Nobody was overloaded or relaxed.

3. Communication and feedback is essential while working in a team.

4.  Every member is indispensable in completing the task.

5. There were equal instances when one needed each other.

6. The 9 position consist of 6 safe completely,2 half safe and 1 completely unsafe.

Structuring of team:-          

• Role A = Role B = Role C : No differentiation what so ever is built in designing the team tasks
• All  3 members’ tasks  were designed to be - Easy, Lighter, Clear and Systematic
• 3 team members are equally responsible in their contributions for the overall task completion

Psychologist Bruce Teckman came up with five key stages through which team moves. They are:-

Team Network:-

Learning:-

• Pro actively helping members in need.
• Properly communicating the work done to superiors.
• Pro actively using the teams strength for overcoming problems.
• Effective participation in meetings and team events .

• Team Dynamics:-  

• Work for common goal
• Accountability
• mutual respect
• Commitment
• Interdependence
• Trust
• Communication

There's a video link attached to exemplify the concept-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jop2I5u2F3U 

HAPPY READING......