This week you learnt:

  • during the performing phase, effective modalities of collaboration gurantee that the group can carry out their task;
  • a team is a "successful team" when it obtains the desired results and when the members of the team constantly feel motivated to offer their contribution;
  • eccessive conformism in the team threatens the effectiveness and integrity of the group (Asch effect);
  • a team with many members with tasks that are not very stimulating, in which the individual's contribution isn't valued, risk social inactivity;
  • the three pillars of effectivess in team work are cooperation, trust and cohesion;
  • most of the skills needed to work in a team can be learnt, just as the expertise which help manage group dynamics at best.