Essay About Team Development & Performance

Question: Write an essay about team development performance. Answer: Reference Introduction Team development in the workplace is the most essential approach as it helps to create an effective team which enables to give quality result. The development of the team is directly related to the performance of the organization. The effectiveness of an organization and the leaders enables to bring an effective team for the organization. The effectiveness of the organization enabled them to make an effective and efficient team for the organization. Ford Motor Company is the leading international automobile industry of the country. The companys performance is related with its effective team. It relates with the development of the team and the effectiveness attached with it. The effective and efficient team enables the organization to have high performance. The most important strategy of the Ford Motor is to develop the design of the Best Practices in the diverse group. The Best Practices were initiated to develop the team effort among the members. Each of the team members of the Best Practices enables to develop the team members from the meetings with the updated version. The company used the deployment of the flowchart which was used to deliver the best method in a quick way. It enables to move the team from the development and the optimization of the business practice (Shin et al. 2012). Background The Ford Motor Company is one of the leading automobile multinational American multinational companies. It was established in the year of 1903 from the vision of Henry Ford with its headquarter in the Dearborn, Michigan which is a suburb of Detroit. The senior executive of the company William Clay Ford and the Marks Field makes the vision for the employees to work united and in a global enterprise so that people can better service and comforts through the automotive and the mobility leadership. The company employs to give the best quality of service. It is committed to provide quality product to the customers throughout the world. Ford has built the first gasoline-powered vehicle which was known as Quadricycle. In the year of 1919 was reincorporated by his spouse Clara and his child Edsel for acquire the full possession of the business. The company produces passengers cars along with the trucks and the tractors and the automotive parts along with the accessories (Fields 2016). Figure 1 Revolution of the history of Ford Motor Compnay The first production of 1909 has enabled the first production which was the Model A it has the floor engine with the sale of $850. He then produced Model C in the year of 1909 and later he introduced the Model B. the companys production of Model T or rather Tin Lizzie enabled in the year of 1909 become the most popular for the next 17 years because of its low price. Though, after the World War II the production slowed down. Again, in the year of 1960 the competition increased and Ford became the one of the top manufacturer in the automobile industry. The company planned to introduce some care in the coming year. They planned to introduce the care as it would provide efficient fuel economy with the incorporation of smart technology with the incorporation of modern design. The cars like 2017 Raptor, Ford GT, 2017 Super Duty and 2017 Chassis Cab is all coming in the next year (Fields 2016). Stages of the Team Development The stages of the Team Development is first incorporated through five stages of forming, storming, Norming, Permorming and the Adjourning. Psychologist Bruce Truckman enabled the model to the teams of an organization need to follow in the path for their way of high performance (Dochy et al. 2013). Ford is a company which has the most important advantage for forming a cohesive team which enables them to become one of the leading companies in the automobile sector. The stages describe the challenges that each team need to face for strive the work together and formation of a cohesive team. The role of Henry is the most important factor for the development of the company. The behavior of the leader enables to adapt the change in the development for the needs of the group. The effectual leader whom the rest employees of the team wants to follow is crucial at what time the group is demanding for improvement during the stage that are widespread to most teams (Wright 2013). Figure 2: Stages of Team Development The model on the stage of the team development can be further developed and added in the model. Forming- The first step is the forming of the group. In this stage the team member are mostly encouraging and polite. Though, a few could be worried as they have not completely understood the effort that makes a team. In this stage the leader is the most prevailing role because in this step the position and responsibilities of the team member are not apparent. In this stage the people enable to start united and the team makes an effort to know their colleagues. In this regard the Ford Motor company Henry ford played an significant part for establishing the expansion of team in the formation of the company. All the team member of the Ford enabled to develop to make the work united for their initial development. Storming- The second stage is the storming stage. This stage defines the conflict of the team members for their working style. The result of the different working style enables to cause some unforeseen problems for which cause tension and dissatisfaction among the employees. In this stage the team members can challenge the authority or the positions of the roles. The main question arises during this stage the goal of the team and it can cause the resistance of taking any further tasks. Norming- The third stage is the norming stage it is the stage in which team start to resolve the differences and appreciate the strength of the other members and along with that respects the authority as a leader. Performing- The team at the time reaches the stage of performing when they work hard without any coalition between themselves and achieve the goal of the teams. The leader again plays an important part in the performing stage as they concentrate to develop the members of the team (Hawkins 2014). Adjourning- In this stage the development team exist only for a permanent phase and the permanent team can get disband because of the reformation of the organization. Team members will find difficult to develop the relationships with the colleagues and particularly the future looks uncertain (Project Smart 2012). Every organization has to go through the five stages from their formation till their present existence. The leaders play the most important part in all the stages as, the team members in these stages dependent on them. The effectiveness and the efficiency would enable to build a strong team which on the other hand enables to provide the performance of them. Organizational Structure of the Ford Motor Company The Company Ford Motor has a team which is based on the business needs of the different market. The team and its development of any firm define from the configuration of the components of the team along with the system of interaction. The team of the Ford Motor Companys organizational structure depends directly on the condition of the worldwide automotive industry (Ashkenas et al. 2015). The strong team development of Ford Motor enables to make an international scope through the determination of the development of structure by the company and enables to withstand united against the competition and the market risks. For secures the second biggest U.S automobile manufacturing company because of its strong team unity and development which enables to provide growth and high performance (Weiss 2014). The organizational structure of the company is made to oversee the operation control according to different market condition. Ford follows the Corporate Hierarchy in its development of the team. For instance the Executive Vice President used to account to the CEO Mark Fields. While the middle mangers account to the Executive Vice President. Such structure for the development of team is the company ensures to traditional approach for the team development which aims for the effective top-down control (Ashkenas et al. 2015). Figure 3: Organizational Structure of Ford Motor Company There are various departments of team in Ford Motor Company. Each team has a different organizational structure which has different functional groups. The Vice President leads each of the head of the team. The main team which deals with the different teams are the Global Marketing Sales and Service, Global Manufacturing and Labor affairs, Human Service and the Corporate Service, Global Product Development, Quality and The New Model Launch, The Global Purchasing, The Government and Community Relations, communication, Legal, The Finance and Accounting (Weiss 2014). Entrepreneurial Team The entrepreneurial team comprises of the group of individuals which has expertise who belongs from diverse background. The team members are involved to implement as well as develop the implementation of innovative and creative ideas for the new product and the services or the existing ones. During the time of 1980 the Ford motor company suffered from the lagging of auto sales and the face several competitions from the international manufacturers. The executives of the company decided to capitalize the strength of the competitors. This made them to form the entrepreneurial group which comprise of the members with the initiatives of new growth (Blackwood et al. 2014). The first step they took in this regard is the five-year process which consists of the designing, building and the production of a new automobile. Though, it was looking as if the planners of the product initiated a basic concept. But, in a broad way the designers develop the look. The ideas are translated by the engineers into some specifications. The second step involves is suppliers and the manufacturers for the prices of the design. Each of the group worked in a vacuum (Dilek and Ascigil 2014). The executive team of the company made a new approach for the purpose of producing the Taurus. The company allocated with $3 billion for the allocation of the approach on the new group which is known as Team Taurus. The project they initiated involved the approach of the team. The team involvement is the main criteria for the development of the team. All the team members of the functional departments got involved with the team. It consists of the team which involves the planning, designing, engineering and the manufacturing cooperation. The main responsibility of the team is to develop the new auto. The advantages in the field of team approach became immediately apparent (Dufays and Huybrechts 2015). Each department of the team involves the design which made them to resolve the problem quickly. The team could involve in the process of the representation of the team and create a sub teams to perform in the investigation of the work. For this it better could make through a example such as one sub-team was involved in the designing of the comfortable and the easy-to-use of the seats. Another study is to make an effective reduction in the amount of the part which is use in the process of production. Though, the biggest involvement in this would be for the team who actually build the cars (Mrkajic et al. 2014). Quality circles are the ones who are associated with the process of the total quality management (TQM). Quality Circle is also known as quality improvement team. It comprise of small groups of the employees who enables to solve the problem in relation to quality and the productivity. The main target of the team is to generate improvement. Monsanto developed the team for the approach to solve the problem of the Ford Motor Company (Subbulakshmi et al. 2014). Figure 4: Quality Circle Ford approached Monsanto in the incident that the product of Monsano and Safles which was used for the lamination of the windshields started to experience with troubles. The extent of the materials which got changed among the times the products left the plant of Monsanto and arrive at the Fords facilities. Monsanto first step was to assemble the group of quality control. The team could able to trace the problem of packaging, designing of a new prototype and tested it implementing it in the new process of packaging. Ford satisfied with the response of the Ford. The problem got solved just within two months and it became possible because of Monsantos management in the team building and the selection of the right people for the performance in the task effectively and efficiently (Kaushik and Bisht 2016). Leadership Development The main effectiveness in development of the team is engaged in the development of leadership. An effective development of the leadership could enable a organization to organize and develop effectiveness in the team members which would make them to give quality service through the performance. Leaders are the one who make the team (Komives and Wagner 2012). The efficiency and the effectiveness of the team members depend upon the development of the team. Ford Motor Company applied the leadership development as the crucial part in the development of the team. The development of team for the benefit of the employees is the crucial vision of the organization to build quality products for the products. They focus to create the most important thing in crating the most skilled as well as motivated workforce in the organization. The develop the team through the investing in the employees and strengthening the technical as well the leadership quality for the recognition of delivering result w hich in return gives success. The main is recognized for the best learning and the excellence in the development parts. The organization initiated a learning culture so that employees could enable to learn new things and adapt according to the change. The development of the Ford depends upon the two categories firstly, the functional or the technical and secondly the leadership. The company offer worldwide development programs on the leadership. The leadership programs includes the following of self developing other, insight, team effectiveness, operating in the global environment, building relationships, and creation of the leadership environment (Mendenhall and Osland 2012). Ford Motor Company after the World War II hired the ten former officers of the Air Force who gained fame for the management system which created the aid on the making of the decisions as the top generals (Leitch et al. 2013). The team developed the financial and the corporate system of management for the revolution of the organization. So, it was from the early days that the leaders contribution in making an effective team contributes an important approach. The leaders are efficient to build a team and deliver result with that. In the present scenario of the Ford Moto Company the effective management practices through the integration of the goals to develop the team so that they could contribute effective result (Yang 2014). 8D Problem Solving Process Ford Motor Company has initiated the 8 Disciplines in the process Problem Solving which got in print in the year of 1987. It called as tops or the Team Oriented Problem solving. It was developed to help the team members in the issues related with the quality control and the safety. It develops modified permanent solutions for the problems and made the prevention of the problems for the recurring (Kumar and Singh 2015). The process consists under some points which are listed below. Figure 5: 8D Problem Solving Process The plan begins to state that before the addressing of the problem the organization need to plan the approach. It means to think about the team and the framing of the time. Discipline 1: Build the Team The first step is to initiate skills which are needed for solving the problem and has the time to solve the problem. It says to initiate a diverse team as it will enable to provide creative solution. The team charter needs to create for the identification of the goal of the team. Further, it stated that if the team members have not yet worked together then it is needed to consider the activities regarding the team building so that every employee would be (Kaplk et al. 2013). Discipline 3: Implement of Temporary Fix After the team recognizes the difficulty they need to approach with a temporary fix. It ensures that each person enables to use the brainstorming and the techniques suggested are the Round Robin Brainstorming or the Crawfors Slip Writing Method. Discipline 4: Identify and the elimination of the root cause After temporary fix enables to learn main reason which are related with the problem. In this regard the Ford Motor Company enables to conduct a cause as well as Effect Analysis to identify the problem. The next which can be applied is the Root Cause Analysis which would enable to identify the cause of the problems which are identified. Discipline 5: Verify the solution The next step is to verify the solution. It should include conduct a Failure Mode and Effect Analysis so to mark the potential troubles on it. The point is the use of Impact Analysis which is to make the consequences of the unexpected future. Another method suggested by the Ford Motor Company is to use the six thinking hats for the approach of the different emotional perspectives. Discipline 7: Prevent From Recurring After the assurance for the permanent solution to solve the problem the team need to be gathered and identify the prevention for the recurring it in the future. This enables the need to update the organizations procedures, policies, standards or the training in the manual reflects of the new fix. The organization also initiates the plan further to develop training on the new process or the standard. Discipline 8: To Celebrate the Team Success Final process is a procedure to give rewards the team for the success. They need to be appreciated for the involvement and their contribution of hard work. Before the disbanding of the team Ford Motor Company suggested analyzing the solution is working the way it was thought or the improvement needed to solve the problems in the future. Figure 6: The Reactive Solving Process Conclusion Team development depends on the efficiency of not only the team members but the organizations. It gives how well the leaders are utilizing the team so to make the approach of development of the team more successful. Ford is the one of the leading auto mobile multinational company with its base in America. 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