Group Logo and Name - Honey Bee
Honey Bees, as one of the best-known bee species of all insects, work in a group for the production and storage of honey in the beeswax. Each of the bees including queen bee, drones and worker bees have their own responsibilities in the “colony”. We would like to name our group name as “Honey Bee” because cooperation is important for group work. That will be great if we can trust each other and cooperate well in this course to achieve our goals.
Group Member (Right to Left)
Maggie
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Peggy
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Mandy
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Vincci
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I am now working in retail industry as a HR practitioner. I am responsible for managing full spectrum of HR functions in HK & Macau, including recruitment & selection, compensation & benefits, policies formulation, leave administration, employee relations, performance management etc.
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I am working as an Assistant Manager in HR Resourcing Admin Team in a bank responsible for supervising the team in carrying out all the day-to-day resourcing operational activities. With the transformation in the department recently, fine-tuning processes to ensure the team works efficiently is the major challenge in my job.
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I am now working for a professional body as an Assistant Manager. I am under the departments of Education & Examinations and responsible for handling all the administrative work related to examination.
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I am working for an eyewear trading company as Assistant Manager in Vendor Optimization Team of Integrated Risk Management Department, this is a very new team and post in this industry. I am responsible for leading a team to upgrading & improving the vendors in mentality, management, productivity & quality.
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Group Goal for This Class in Relation to Work and Life
We would like to learn the strategies for building a high performance team in workplace and understand the various dynamics for collaboration and their impacts on team effectiveness. Besides, identification of the critical success factors for enhancing team productivity in complex business environment is also our group goal.
For the life, it is expected that our perspectives can be shifted and the communication skill will be further enhanced to foster positive social relationships, reduce conflict and enrich social life after the class.
The Most Exciting Topic
We agree that topic of week 3 – Building trust among diverse individuals is the most exciting topic. We always find that one of the biggest obstacles for team building is trust. It always takes very long time and hard work to build the trust among the groups. At the same time, it is very easy to break the trust.
Additional Topics We Would Like to Learn
As in our daily life (whatever in working or private time), collaboration with others is unavoidable. To understand others in psychological way is very helpful for us to get alone with individuals or groups. The topic we would like to learn in the class is collaboration with others in psychological way.
One Myth We Have "COLLABORATION" that Wants Confirmation or Disconfirmation
~ Trust is the prerequisite and foundation (or should be "formation") of collaboration ~
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In the individuals level of Collaboration, there are many factors affect the effectiveness of achieving high performance collaboration, such as having a good leader, having responsible team members, the attitude of the team members, having a common goal and shared vision, effective communication, the commitment of team members, the competence of the team members and a favorable situation, sufficient resources etc. All those factors is build the pre-requests, i.e. building-trusting relationships. "Trust" is the primary base for the creation of a team. It is the prerequisite and foundation (or should be "formation") of collaboration
In the individuals level of Collaboration, there are many factors affect the effectiveness of achieving high performance collaboration, such as having a good leader, having responsible team members, the attitude of the team members, having a common goal and shared vision, effective communication, the commitment of team members, the competence of the team members and a favorable situation, sufficient resources etc. All those factors is build the pre-requests, i.e. building-trusting relationships. "Trust" is the primary base for the creation of a team. It is the prerequisite and foundation (or should be "formation") of collaboration
Oxford Dictionary defines trust as “the belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something”. Without trust, there is no way a team can work together because it is difficult to get along with others for collaboration. To build a happy family, complete a group project or win a championship, we also need to trust that every participant is doing their part to reach the common goal. Otherwise, the collaborative relationship cannot be continued. General speaking, trust comes from open communication, mutual understanding and transparency and here are Two Forms of Trust, adapted from Lewicki, 2006 in Collaboration & Team Science: A Field Guide by L. Michelle Bennett, Howard Gadlin and Samantha Levine-Finley:
Identification-Based Trust
- Characterized by similar interests, goals, and objectives that support the shared values.
- Established through positive shared experiences and interactions.
- Over time, team members learn how others behave and interact and, based on these observations and experiences, create their expectations of individual contributions.
Calculus-Based Trust
- Characterized by openness, reliability, accountability, dependability, and consistency.
- Established by having processes and procedures in place that guide behavior and actions.
- Expectations are made explicit in written documentation that provides the foundation for communications and data sharing.
References:
Trust. (n.d.). In Oxford Dictionary. Retrieved from http://oxforddictionaries.com
Bennett, L. M., Gadlin, H. & Levine-finley, S. (Aug 2010). Collaboration and Team Science:A Field Guide. Retrieved January 31, 2012 from National Institutes of Health, Web site: https://ccrod.cancer.gov/confluence/download/attachments/47284665/TeamScience_FieldGuide.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1285330231523
