Impact of Individuals in Organizations Team A - 1 Impact of...

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Impact of Personalities and Diversity
Team A
Lisa Clark, Rosalind Clay, Polly Jenness, Wendi Gilmore, Laurie Tribble
Organizational Behavior HCS/370
January 30, 2017
Professor Woods

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Impact of Personalities and Diversity Part I
In today’s health care organizations, ineffective teams may be the outcome of an
improper and unplanned team arrangement. Determining whether or not to use team
methodology is only the first step in the execution of organizational goals. A carefully planned
team can provide a safeguard against ineffectiveness and a knowledgeable team can develop the
groups’ dynamics and techniques, that is capable of representation of several functional areas.
This unified collaboration demonstrates the effects of a well-planned team that is
comparable in problem-solving ability, and task responsibility. A well-planned team will have
two immutable characteristics. Cohesion and communication. Cohesion is an essential
ingredient in team effectiveness. A cohesive team will exhibit an attitude of togetherness that
facilitates team members in quickly resolving differences. As the cohesion increases, so does the
level of conformity to group norms. This is a positive outcome for the organization and
performance expectations. In a well-planned team, communication is second nature. Staying
abreast of new implementations, changes in strategies, introduction or enhancement of new
policy are all communicated. No matter the type of communication a cohesive team with come
together to make application recommendations for a swift and smooth transition with minimum
impact on team expectations.
Each member of our team had taken “The Big Five Personality Assessment” test. Lisa’s
personality traits are agreeableness and extraversion. She is friendly, warm, and tactful. She is a
person that can easily make friends and have a genuine care for people's wellbeing. Lisa enjoys
being around people, and with her full energy and participation, she is the life of the party.
Laurie's personal traits are conscientiousness and extraversion. She is a hard worker,
reliable and at times conformist. She is dedicated to her work and goals because of the long

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hours to have perfection. Laurie thrives being in crowds that will include, gatherings, community
activities, public demonstrations, and political activities. With her enthusiastic, assertive and
gratification personality, she has no problem with involvement with the different diversity of
people.
Rosalind’s characteristic traits are contentiousness and agreeableness. “ the Fundamental
character trait that influences her when she set and keep long-range goals, deliberate over
choices, or behave impulsively, and take obligations to other seriously. “In contemporary
personality psychology, agreeableness is one of the five major dimensions of personality
structure, reflecting individual differences in concern for cooperation and social harmony.”
Polly’s characteristic traits are also contentiousness and agreeableness. The work and
personal life are organized. When starting a project, the primary goal is to focus on what is