Managing Effective Teams Organizational Theory and Behavior Effective Teams Part of being a manager of a company is managing teams. These teams can be created for many different reasons and can have various objectives. Companies want managers who can build teams that can effectively achieve goals and set standards. The four types of work groups most commonly found in organizations are: problem-solving, self-managed, cross-functional and virtual. As I complete this course's simulation, I will use cross-functional work teams as the basis for my investigation into effective team management. There are four relative characteristics that make up an effective team. These factors are situation, job, job design, and process. Within these factors are mechanisms a manager can employ to ensure team efficiency. Components also help a manager better understand his team and how he can help them achieve their goals when they are off track (Robbins, 2005, p278).”'In general, there must be a very clear sense of what the team is trying to do. and a time frame in which to accomplish it," advises Michael E. McGrath, principal at Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM) in Weston, MA (Craft, 1995). "In the simulation for the course on effective teams c It is a timeline and a specific goal. The goal is to propose innovative ideas that will put the Luxurion automotive company ahead of the competition. The team will be cross-functional because once the goal is achieved each member will return to work in his area designated within the company. The first part of the simulation is the selection process where managers choose team members. Managers are given seven people to decide from to create a five-person team the model clearly has its own idea of ​​what the best team is" and we will talk about this later. For now, I'll look at the members I chose during my first run of the simulation. I chose Petra for the evaluator/adviser position, Amrita for the creator, Marcell as the controller/organizer, Janice as the promoter/maintainer, and Harvey as the linker/producer. Selecting the right people for available positions in a team is essential. Incompatibility can create unnecessary disruption within the team. Selecting team members is part of the compositional aspect of creating a successful team.