Team Functionality Assessment

In responding to this assessment you should consider your immediate team, i.e. those people you work with on a daily basis. It is different from the "Getting things done" assessment, which looks at the the organisation, team and individual.

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Last Name *

Age (e.g. 27)

Email Address *

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Now complete the assessment below

The following assessment will identify any areas in which the team is failing to achieve results and areas of concern. On a scale of one (low evidence) to five (high evidence), select a value from the dropdown menu of your experience of each of the themes listed. Your answers should relate to the team you work in the majority of the time.

Remember: there are no right or wrong answers and honesty is the best policy!

Key Questions	Evidence
Loss of production or work-unit output.
Grievances or complaints within the work unit.
Conflicts or hostility between unit members.
Confusion about assignments or unclear relationships between people.
Lack of clear goals, or low commitment to goals.
Apathy or general lack of interest or involvement by unit members.
Lack of innovation, imagination, or initiative.
Ineffective staff meetings.
Problems in working with the manager.
Poor communications: fear of speaking up; not listening to one another; not talking together.
Lack of trust between unit members or between members and the manager.
Decisions made that unit members do not understand or agree with.
The feeling that good work is not recognised or rewarded.
Lack of encouragement for unit members to work together in a better team effort.

Adapted from William Dyer, Team Building, 1987, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., Reading, Massachusetts, Pages 42-46. Reprinted in The Team- Building Source Book, Phillips and Elledge, University Associates, U.S.A. 1989.