Right mix of individual talents - Team

A team is to put use the diverse talent for achieving a synergistic effect. The 'diverse talent' of a team here means the right mix of individual talents.

Creativity, drive, coordination and analytical abilities are the individual talents that should have the right proportion for a team.

People with creativity identifies new opportunities and makes best use of them. Also they encourage other people to imagine and produce new ideas.

People with drive possess the strength to convert plans into reality. They excel at organizing work. They ensure that the work gets done smoothly by finding practical solutions to problems.

People with coordination encourage people come together, share ideas and work towards a common goal. In other words they promote good team atmosphere.

People with analytical abilities would evaluate situations and think about possible choices. I.e. They make good judgment and thus prevent costly mistakes from happening.

So while constituting a team, people should be chosen such that team has the right mix of individual talents.

Inferred from an article of 'The Hindu' dated 22-Jul-09.

Employees non-performance - there are reasons

In the book 'Why Don't Employees Do What They're Supposed to Do and What To Do About It', Ferdinand F. Fournies lists out 16 reasons for non-performance of employees in an organization. Interestingly I could relate the 16 reasons with organization currently I am employed with. The 16 reasons are as follows:

1. They don't know why they should do it
   
2. They don't know how to do it
   
3. They don't know what they are supposed to do
   
4. They think your way will not work
   
5. They think their way is better
   
6. They think something else is more important
   
7. There is no positive consequence to them for doing it
   
8. They think they are doing it
   
9. They are rewarded for not doing it
   
10. They are punished for doing what they are supposed to do
    
11. They anticipate a negative consequence for doing it
    
12. There is no negative consequences to them for poor performance
    
13. They face obstacles beyond their control
    
14. Their personal limits prevent them from performing
    
15. They have personal problem
    
16. No one could do it
    

Also Ferdinand F. Fournies says what to do about it. Click here to have a glance on 'the 16 reasons and what to do with them' in detail.

Kick start

I am a MBA graduate now! :) I started MBA by Apr 2007 and completed by May 2009. Not a regular one, it is a distance mode. Did it from Anna University, Chennai.

So its time to start a blog on management. Since I focused on HR for my MBA, the blog would be generally related to HR.