Question Description
Your boss, Jose, would like you to develop a job aid that will support consistency in organizational approaches, using management theories and team building models to support team leads. He asked that your job aid address the following:
Management Theories: Use the information in the scenario to apply appropriate management theories to support a cohesive approach to leading teams and fostering relationships within teams and cross-departmentally. Note that managers are interested in applicable management theories and team models to influence their subordinate managers. You may describe one to two theories and models for consideration.
- Describe relevant management theories, highlighting specific theories for supporting management in leading effective teams. Include the following in your response:
- How will these specific management theories support the organization in fostering relationships within teams?
- How will these specific management theories support the organization in fostering cross-departmental relationships?
Team Models: Use the information in the scenario to apply 1–2 appropriate team models to support a cohesive approach to leading teams and fostering relationships within teams and cross-departmentally.
- Describe team models, highlighting specific models applicable to the organization for supporting relationships across and among teams. Include the following in your response:
- How will these specific team models support the organization in fostering relationships within cross-functional teams?
Supporting Team Success
- Discuss intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors for their influence on team effectiveness. Include the following in your response:
- How do management theories and team models consider strategies for motivating teams?
- Discuss the use of relationship mapping for maintaining goal alignment across departments and stakeholders
- Discuss the strengths of team diversity for informing management approaches and enhancing strengths