Workgroups and Teams: Characteristics & Dynamics

Characteristics of a Working Group

A working group has a clear purpose and common goals. Its members are interrelated to achieve those objectives. They have their own material resources available. Each member perceives themselves as part of the group. It’s important to note that members can be entirely independent.

Team Concept

A team is composed of a small group of people who are in direct contact, working together, and engaging in coordinated action. This creates positive synergy.

Concept of a Working

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Ethical Dilemmas: Adoption, Kindness, AI, and Chess

Adoption by Parents with Mental Disabilities

The question of whether parents with mental disabilities should be allowed to adopt children is a complex and ethically challenging issue. Advocates for restricting adoption by parents with mental disabilities argue that these individuals may face significant challenges in providing a stable and nurturing environment for children.

Opponents of such restrictions argue that individuals with mental disabilities have the right to form families and raise children,

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English Grammar: A Concise Summary

Unit 1: Grammar

Past Simple

  • Affirmative: Verb + -ed
  • Negative: didn’t + base form of the verb
  • Interrogative: Did + subject + base form of the verb

Used to

  • Affirmative: used to + base form of the verb
  • Negative: didn’t use to + base form of the verb
  • Interrogative: Did + subject + use to + base form of the verb

Past Continuous

  • Affirmative: was/were + verb + -ing
    • was (I, he, she, it)
    • were (you, they, we)
  • Negative: wasn’t/weren’t + verb + -ing
    • wasn’t (I, he, she, it)
    • weren’t (you, we, they)
  • Interrogative: Was/Were +
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Effective Performance Management: Concepts and Methods

What is Performance Management?

A continuous process of identifying, measuring, and developing individuals and teams, and aligning their performance with the strategic objectives of the organization. It’s not restricted to performance appraisal (PA).

Performance Management Activities

Performance management involves activities such as:

  • Definition of organizational, departmental, team, and individual goals.
  • Implementation of a performance appraisal system.
  • Design of compensation systems suitable to the
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Six Sigma and Benchmarking: Enhancing Process Performance

Six Sigma and Statistical Process Control

Six Sigma is a methodology used to understand, measure, analyze, and improve performance with the ultimate goal of virtually eliminating all defects, reducing variation (standard deviation), and paying attention to the mean. The objective is to make customers happy. The philosophy of Six Sigma emphasizes that managers need to understand processes to improve them, commit to their implementation, and participate actively in the process. One of its tools is

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Effective Problem-Solving: Strategies, Types, and Abilities

What is a Problem?

Problems can be defined broadly as situations in which we experience uncertainty or difficulty in achieving what we want to achieve, e.g.:

  • Stopping smoking is a problem when you decide you want to stop but cannot.
  • A computer malfunction is a problem if it prevents you from completing work on time.
  • An excessive workload is a problem when it interferes with your ability to work effectively.
  • Poor communication is a problem when it reduces the efficiency of an organization.

Why People Fail

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