The roles in team

The roles in group of the project

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Team Members

The heart of any project, and the true engine of its work, is its membership. That’s why bringing together the right people is extremely important.

Criteria for membership

Although the skills needed to accomplish the work should govern team selection, keep in mind that you’re unlikely to get all the know-how you need without providing some training. Consider the following areas of proficiency:

• Technical skills in a specific discipline, such as market research, finance, or software programming
• Problem-solving skills enabling individuals to analyze difficult situations or impasses and to craft solutions
• Interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to collaborate effectively with others—a critical aspect of team-based work
• Organizational skills, including networking, communicating well with other parts of the company, and navigating the political landscape, all of which help the team get things done and avoid conflicts with operating units and their personnel

The roles:

1. Team Leader&Initiator

Large projects may include a team leader, who reports directly to the project manager. In small projects, the project manager wears both hats. The team leader cannot act like the boss and still obtain the benefits of team-based work. Instead , he must adopt the following important roles. Rather than tell people what to do, the leader draws attention to actions that must be taken for team goals to be met.

2. Model & Information seeker

He uses his own behavior to shape others’ performance—by starting meetings on time, for example, and following through on between meeting assignments. Member often rely heavily on this tactic, since they typically cannot use promotions, compensation, or threats of dismissal to influence team members. He asks for clarification of suggestions made in terms of their factual adequacy, for authoritative information and facts pertinent to the problem being discussed.

3. Listener

He gathers from the environment signal of impending trouble, employee discontent, and opportunities for gain. He writes down suggestions, makes a record of team decisions, or writes down the product of discussion. The listener fills the role of "team memory."

4. Working member.

In addition to providing direction, the leader must do a share of the work, particularly in areas where he has special competence. Ideally, he should also take on one or two of the unpleasant or unexciting jobs that no one else wants to do.