Team Performance Monitoring and Improvement Plan ? Providea plan and a list of recommendations as to how the team’s performance will be monitored and could be improved over the next six months; part of your answers could be presented in a table format. (Assessment Criteria 3.1, 3.2) (500 words)

Importance of Team Roles • Assess team roles using Belbin • Assess manager’s role using Blake and Mouton within the organisation. (Assessment Criteria 1.2, 1.3) (500 words) Leadership and Team Formation ? Using Adair's Action Centred Model on leadership and team formation explain each stage in relation to developing teams. Part of your answers could be expressed by using a flow chart format. (Assessment Criterion 2.1) (500 words) Employee Motivation ? Plan and apply Herzberg’s and Maslow’s motivation theories to the organization selected. Explain how open communication is encouraged within the team and evaluate ways to deal with any possible conflictsbetween team members. (Assessment Criteria 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) (1000 words)

Executive summary • Provide a summary of the areas and include the main recommendations for management to improve team performance within the organisation. (100 words) An introduction • Provide an explanation of the purpose of the report and highlight the importance of building a successful team within the organisation. (Assessment Criterion 1.2) (150 words) Team Features & Composition ? Choose a team in an organization and give a description of the characteristics of the current teamto explain how they contribute to the overall success of the organisation. Part of your answers could be presented in a table format. (Assessment Criterion 1.1) (200 words)

LO3 Be able to monitor the performance of teams. 3.1 Monitor the performance of a team against the given goals and objectives 3.2 Recommend how to improve performance against the given goals and objectives. Task 2 Task 2

LO1 Understand the features of successful teams. 1.1 Describe the characteristics of successful business team(s) 1.2 Assess the importance of team roles in successful business teams 1.3 Analyse the values of using theoretical models when building successful business teams Task 1 Task 1/ introduction Task 1 LO2 Be able to support team development. 2.1 Explain the stages of team development 2.2 Plan how to motivate team members to achieve the given goals and objectives 2.3 Encourage open communication between team members to support team development 2.4 Evaluate ways of resolving conflictsamong team members Task 1 Task 2 Task 2 Task 2

5. Recommended word count is 4000. You are required to ensure that the assignment addresses all of assessment tasks. Excessive word count will not be penalized for grade. The word count excludes the title page, reference list and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count. Printed words include those contained within charts and tables. 6. Your assignment should be submitted as a single document. For more information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document available on the module page on Canvas.

Student Guidelines 1. You should write this assignment in a formal business report format. 2. You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is in the Induction Area). Please also refer to the ‘Guide to Unfair Practice in Assessment’ on the module page on Canvas. 3. You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the Harvard Referencing Style. 4. You should use diagrams and tables of figures where appropriate ensuring to reference their source using the Harvard Referencing method.