Tag: team management

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We have completed the experimental stage in the project of studying flow in virtual teams

We have completed the experiments in the project “Flow and virtual team effectiveness”! Our research was aimed at understanding what really affects the effectiveness of teams operating remotely. We focused on the concept of team flow – a state in which team members are fully engaged, focused and work in harmony, achieving above-average results. We designed experiments to capture not only the end results of the teams’ work, but, more importantly, the dynamics of the processes that lead to these results. By using original research tools and state-of-the-art online solutions, we were able to observe how collaboration, social influence and

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Is it possible to reduce the influence of a manager on his team?

During the 5th Scientific Conference “Contemporary Challenges of Management, Economics and Finance” we presented the results of research on the influence of the manager on the team and the possibility of reducing this influence. As a result of research on the impact of people on other members of the organization, two opposing approaches have developed to the importance of social influence in achieving the effectiveness of teams or entire organizations. On the one hand, the literature emphasizes the key role of the team manager in the achievement of high team performance, while on the other hand, there are views advocating

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Research and project team – Principle No. 4: select people who are very different from each other to the team

The last, 4th rule of the Beatles team, described by A. Sobel, is as follows: Select people who are very different from each other to the team, invite both specialists and laymen, try to introduce friendly competition in creative problem solving. The most famous duo in the history of music – John Lennon and Paul McCartney – are both a duo of contradictions and sparking opposites. When they met in July 1957, Lennon was a cynical young 16-year-old who constantly got into youthful trouble. McCartney conversely was well-mannered and optimistic about the world. Lennon hated the public and being popular,

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Research and project team – Principle No. 3: let team members shine

The Principle No. 3 of a successful team, which was proposed by A. Sobel in his article “The Beatles Principles,” is: let team members shine on the whole team. Although the driving force behind the Beatles was John Lennon and Paul McCartney – authors of most of the band’s songs – the other musicians, George Harrisom and Ringo Starr, were equally popular. To ensure that all members of the Beatles were recognized by the public, the band used a variety of procedures. For example, in rock bands, usually the least known figure is the drummer. To counteract this, Lennon and

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Research and project team – Principle No. 2: develop your products gradually

Principle No. 2 of the Beatles’ success is: Develop your products and services gradually, and give your 100th customer as much attention and enthusiasm as your first. Most rock bands consistently play the same kind of music, and the songs are similar. The Beatles took a different path. From album to album they changed the nature of their songs, and in many ways. They came up with new song themes, melodic lines, introduced new arrangements and previously unused instruments. Albums with such disparate songs as “Yesterday” and “Revolution” sold more than a million copies in a decade. The Beatles, in

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Research and project team – Principle No. 1: schedule time for the team to get to know each other

It’s been 19 years since the famous article by A. Sobel, who analyzed the success of the Beatles from the side of team management and the products that this team can deliver. In the following weeks, we wanted to remind you of the 4 principles that the author included then in an article titled The Beatles Principles, and which are still of great value to managers of research and project teams. Principle No. 1: Schedule time for team members to get to know each other and get to know each other during joint trial assignments before they have to work

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