High Performance Teams

Paper Summary:

This paper presents an examination of the elements needed to make a standard business team, into a high performance team. The writer particularly explores issues relating to cultural diversity in the workplace and discusses the benefits of that diversity in working in a group. The paper focuses on the diversity in terms of cultural backgrounds and communication advantages.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Team Strengths
Diversity
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"One of the most crucial elements to getting an average team to turn in a high performance team is to utilize each team member's strengths and areas of specialty. This means the first thing that must be done is to evaluate the team as a whole, the desired end result and each team member's strengths and weaknesses. This method provides the ability to overcome weaknesses while using strengths in every area needed. This strategy is a sure fire method to producing a high performance team with team members that previously were considered average. If one team member is very strong in areas of organization that team member should be given all organizational tasks for the particular product or project in question. If another team member is weak in organizational skills but is an excellent people person, it is prudent to place that team member in charge of customer service. This means that person has all customer contact on behalf of the team while bringing back customer concerns, questions and needs to the person in charge of the organizational aspect of the work. If each team member's strengths are utilized and each weakness is minimized through use of other team member strengths the team can't help but gain momentum and power as it increases its ability to produce."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kahlenberg Rebecca R (2005) Challenges to Workplace Diversity; Minority Women Have Made Strides, But Hurdles Linger. The Washington Post
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• Vallario, Cynthia Waller (2006)Creating an environment for global diversity: global diversity in the workplace is not just a human resources issue, but a business strategy that embraces many elements. Here's how 10 multinationals are successfully managing the process. Financial Executive.

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