Listed below are statements that describe behaviours that members use when they are participating in a team. As a student, you may demonstrate these behaviours at work, in team projects, in student organizations and societies, or in interactions with your flatmates. Use the 1–5 scale below to indicate how frequently you engage in these behaviours when part of a team. Place a number from 1 to 5 in the space to the left of each statement. Very infrequently 1 2 3 4 5 Very frequently

____ 1. I organize and use other people’s abilities and talents productively.

____ 2. I react strongly when meetings look like losing track of the objective. 

____ 3. I start to look around for possible ideas and openings. 

____ 4. I often produce a new approach to a long-continuing problem. 

____ 5. I analyse other people’s ideas objectively for their merits and flaws. 

____ 6. I can be relied on to see that the work we need to do is organized. 

____ 7. I am always ready to support good suggestions that help us resolve a problem. 

____ 8. I notice omissions and have an eye for getting the details right. 

____ 9. I like to employ my experience, training, and qualifications. 

____ 10. I often draw out contributions from other team members. 

____ 11. I am ready to make my personal views known in a forceful way if necessary. 

____ 12. A broad range of personal contacts is important to my style of working. 

____ 13. I like to use my imagination to suggest completely new approaches. 

____ 14. I like to weigh up several alternatives thoroughly before choosing, which may take time.

____ 15. I am interested more in practicalities than in new ideas.

____ 16. I am concerned to help others with their problems. 

____ 17. I keep a watchful eye on areas where difficulties may arise.

 ____ 18. I usually only contribute when I really know what I’m talking about. 

____ 19. I am happy to take the lead when action is needed. ____ 20. It is worth incurring some temporary unpopularity to get my views across. 

____ 21. I like to discover the latest ideas and developments as I easily get bored. 

____ 22. I can quickly see how ideas and techniques can be used in new relationships. 

____ 23. I approach the topic in a carefully analytical way. ____ 24. Given an objective, I can sort out the concrete steps to achieve it. 

____ 25. I get on well with others and work hard for the team.

 ____ 26. I like to finish my current work before I start something new. 

____ 27. My technical knowledge and experience are usually my major contributions. Transfer the points from each of the 27 statements into the table below, placing them next to the statement number. Then add up the points in each of the nine columns. Enter these in the ‘Total’ row. This indicates the roles that you most frequently play in a team. The higher the score, the more you see yourself taking that role.

1. Divide into groups.

2. Remind yourself of each of the nine team roles.

3. In your groups:

(a) Compare your top two team role scores with those of the other members of your group. Give an example of behaviours that demonstrate your performance of that role.

(b) Identify which roles are preferred among students in this group (high-scoring roles). Identify which roles are avoided or rejected, or are missing (low-scoring roles).

(c) If this was a real management or project team, what could be done to cover the missing roles?

(d) Decide whether certain roles are more important in certain phases of a team’s operation? For example, which two team roles are likely to be crucial in the gettingstarted phase of a team’s work; the generating-ideas phase; the developing-theideas phase; and the implementing-the-decision phase?

(e) Decide to what extent your preferred team roles are a reflection of your personality.

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Coordinator Shaper Resource Plant Monitor- Implementer Teamworker Completer- Specialist investigator evaluator finisher 1. 10. 19. TOTAL 2. 11. 20. 3. 12. 21. 4. 13. 22. 5. 14. 23. 6. 15. 24. 7. 16. 25. 8. 17. 26. 9. 18. 27.