MANAGING BUSINESS TEAMS

Managing Business Teams

Abstract

The research paper provides comprehensive learning and information about the business team management. In addition, it also provides the idea and plans for managing team effectively and efficiently. The paper has arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of team with the relevant expert's opinions. The paper presents the leadership qualities and techniques to manage a team with subordinate's satisfaction. The research paper can give significant help to management and leadership students.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion1

Prioritize the work2

The significance of Delegation2

Motivate Team Members3

Theory X and Theory Y3

Developing team without conflicts4

Communicating People in the team4

Managing discipline4

Advantages of Team5

Disadvantages of Team5

Conclusion6

Managing Business Teams

Introduction

Being a team leader, it requires enhanced leadership and managerial qualities to cooperate and coordinate with subordinates and other team members. It is significant to enhance the abilities and skills of the team member. It is vital for the team leader or manager to understand the temperament and abilities of their team member. It would be helpful to assign the work to them. It is the responsibility of the team leader to motivate team members and create loyalty among them. To manage the team initially team leaders should communicate the vision and mission of the team members, and provide them the aim and goal so everyone works for the team achievement rather than their individual achievement. Team leader should make other members realize that team achievement could be the individual achievement. The team manager should express the expectations from his team members this would be motivation for the team to come forward and complete their task. There are various themes and techniques through which teams could be managed.

Discussion

Managing team could be the most interesting and difficult task for team leaders, but through enhanced skills and leadership qualities, it could be much easier to manage team and achieve the ultimate goal. To thrive and succeed as the team leader and achieve the goal the team leader should consider some key things to manage them properly. The main task should be delegating right task to the right person at the right time. This is just a key to success, but there are several phases through which team leaders have to pass to accomplish the team goal (Koontz, Weihrich, 2006).

Prioritize the work

“First things first”- there is a confusing quote by the Warren G Bennis that “leaders do right things and managers do things right”. This quote looks similar but has completely different dimensions. Leaders involve in creating a successful vision and communicate that vision to team members and assist team members to accomplish that vision. In contrast, managers are responsible and ensure that the vision implemented by the leader should be achieved effectively and efficiently.

In order to manage the teams, the head of the team should possess the qualities of leader as well as managers. Only then he/she would be able to manage the team successfully. The head of the team should be the manager and at the same time leader. The things can go smooth, and the work would be prioritizing according ...