Organizational  Factors Influencing Groups

To recognize groups, comprehend that they are part of a superior system-the society-and so can be predisposed by secretarial factors. Richard Hackman's work with teams in company has shown that organizational factors can explain a group of group efficiency. First, does the team have a "clear and attractive direction"? Do they know what they are trying to achieve and are they paying attention in achieving it? This links in a straight line to the larger portrait of organizational strategy- without a clear organizational strategy, it is implausible that a team will have a clear and attractive direction.

Second, does the squad have the "organizational context" to do a good job? This includes organizational recompense and information systems as well as supply accessibility. A team, like an individual, has to see a clear link between routine and rewards, and has to have the in sequence they need to do their job in a judicious fashion (receiving sales statistics a month after the event may be motivating, but it is of little use in planning strategy for the team). Many companies make the mistake of setting up teams to work on a project and not allocate resources.  What kind of resources?  Time, physical space, money-all are income essential to keep a group functioning successfully.

Third, does the organization have the education skills to develop the teams? Not every one of us can obviously work well in a team-we need to learn the teamwork as much as the technical side of our jobs. One major manufacturing company spent a lot of money put its top managers through a High-level strategy development course, expecting that when they return from the course, these managers would lead their own teams in increasing strategies.  However, the divisional teams produced very low distinction decisions and failed to produce any usable strategy.  What happened? The teams knew what they were supposed to do, but had no idea how to work toward their objective as a team. It is one thing to tell someone to "manage conflict"-but how do I do that? Management coaching is critical for the achievement of teams in organization.

Over and above this factor that Hackman establish, there are others: does the organizational culture support team- work? You put a team together but its members will get criticized every time they get mutually for being away from their desk, the team is unlikely to be victorious.

One last thing an organization can do to help group be effectual is to plan the task so that it is equally reliant. If the task can be done by persons, then the time taken by group conference and so on will direct to lower levels of management. However, if the task is redesigned to be mutually needy (Volvo's team-based car manufacture, or Xerox's teams of service technicians, jointly accountable for servicing a huge territory), then the gathering and time spent in group session in a straight line improves the excellence and extent of work shaped by the group.