Laura+Gomez

Laura Gomez

I can meet up on Monday and Wednesday between 9 and 1 and anytime Friday after class I'm also free on Tuesday and Thursday between 10 and 6

We can even meet up during U-Hour if we all have conflicting schedules.

Here's what I have so far:

Team Building

-How team building works

-Approaches to team building

Team building is essential to any organization, and since we are talking about the NBA, it is especially essential if you want to win and succeed to the playoffs. For the NBA, specifically, usually coaches and managers focus on players and how to make them work most efficiently through practices, especially if there is a new team member. In our example concerning The Cleveland Cavaliers vs. The Miami Heat, the Cavaliers have to learn how to work more efficiently as a team after losing one of their star players. Team building is defined as: a collaborative way to gather and analyze data and to improve teamwork. In the NBA, this would include getting together, making plays, practicing, and players being productive and encouraging each other. When team building is done well, it is a very effective way to deal with difficulties or to help prevent them in the first place. For teams in the NBA, this includes team building to prevent falling out of teams and the stress that comes with failures and what needs to be worked on. The steps of teamwork include: Step 1: Problem or opportunity in team effectiveness Step 2: Date gathering and analysis Step 3: Planning for team improvements Step 4: Actions to improve team functions Step 5: Evaluation of results In the case of the NBA, the Cavaliers most likely needed to figure out what would work best for them after LeBron left since the season after he left, they did not do so well. Team building is participatory and data based. The goal is to get good answers to such questions as “How well are we doing in terms of task accomplishment?” “How satisfied are we as individuals with the group and the way it operates?” For approaches to team building, since our topic covers the NBA, there is no real formal approach taken to team building. Nonetheless, concerning this, team members must commit themselves to continuously monitoring group development and accomplishments and making the day-to-day changes needed to ensure team effectiveness. Improvement of teamwork is essential to the success of teams in any organization.