Developing Successful Business Teams

For AC1.1, learners need to describe the characteristics of a successful business team. Description should be more than just a list and learners will be expected to show that they understand the importance of the characteristics of successful business teams by giving reasons or examples to support their descriptions. For AC1.2, learners need to link theory and practice in their assessment of the importance of team roles in successful business teams. They should use theories such as Belbin’s team role theory to explain the roles needed in a balanced team, linking it to their assessment. For AC1.3, learners need to analyse the value of using theoretical models when building successful business teams. In their analysis, they should be able to categorize the models in an appropriate manner, discuss the similarities and differences between them and draw out the strengths and weaknesses. For AC2.1, learners need to explain the stages of team development. They will need to show that they understand the importance of development and how successful business teams have gone through the developmental stages. For AC2.2, learners need to plan how to motivate team members to achieve given objectives, using examples of practical measures, whilst linking these ideas to the appropriate theories. For AC2.3, learners need to encourage open communication between team members to support team development. They need to look at ways that are appropriate in the context of the teams that they are endeavouring to support. For AC2.4, learners need to evaluate ways of resolving conflict between team members. For AC3.1 learners need to monitor the performance of a team against given objectives. Learners should use methods that are appropriate to the team(s) they are planning to monitor. For AC3.2, the recommendations should naturally follow on from work completed for AC3.1. The recommendations should be realistic and appropriate to the performance of the team(s) they have monitored.