Making the Tough Team Call
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CASE 22
MAKING THE TOUGH TEAM CALL
A team is considered to be a group of people who work together to accomplish a certain goal or a set of tasks. Many businesses and organizations today are using teams at an increasing rate. Teams are involved with various aspects of a business from research and development to planning and production and even sales. The purpose of most teams is to bring together a group of people from different backgrounds and different perspectives so that efficient business decisions can be made. In the case of the International Management Program, the shared goal for the team was to "develop a business concept for selling software" (Case p. 243).
A team consists of various members or individuals who usually have various behaviors and personalities. Each individual has their own way of thinking and their personalities play a strong role in the success or failure of a team. The Big Five Personality dimensions is described as "the five abstract dimensions representing personality traits" (Text p.85)...