A Team Management System.

Summary

Introduction................................................................................................2

1Team Management System3

1.1Meetings3

1.2Formal meetings3

1.3Informal meetings3

1.4Outputs4

1.5Charting results4

1.6Team communication4

2Motivational mechanics5

2.1 "Hierarchy of Need " theory5

2.2"The Hygiene Factor" theory6

2.3Compensation8

3Recruitment strategies9

Conclusion................................................................................................11

4Bibliography12

Introduction

You have recently been appointed as the Design Manager for a company, with the mandate to establish a new design office for a team of people comprising of both electronic design engineers and embedded and PC software programmers. You are interested in establish a high performance team and ensuring a high retention rate for these key staff.

1Team Management System

In this first part, I describe the Team Management Systems that can be used to develop a productive team.

It is important therefore to create an atmosphere where members of yours team see that they can win both individually and collectively. Ask them what the team does well and what it does badly. Then invite them to develop plans to improve in all the areas mentioned.

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Initially it may not be easy. There may be all sorts of external problems over which the team feels it has little control. The important thing is to identify these problems and then start to develop ways and means by which they can be solved. There should be a team effort, with all members contributing rather than everything being left to you as an individual. The manager's job is to conduct the orchestra, not try to play all the instruments.

When you see positive results, let people know. Indeed, share both the failures and successes. Once the team can see what is happening they can begin to make changes to improve their performance. Above all, your job as the manager is to give your team permission to win. Let them know it is important to you. Let them know that...