by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Deductive Reasoning?Deduction means to deduce from. More specifically, it means inferring things and possibly arriving at a conclusion based upon generally are universally accepted premises (statements or facts). More simply put, you draw a conclusion about a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Inductive Reasoning?Inductive reasoning concerns drawing or reaching a generalized conclusion based upon observation or awareness of specific instances. It necessarily involves assumptions concerning facts or behavior based upon the probabilities derived from...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are Team Tasks?Teams differ in terms of the tasks they are trying to accomplish and the roles team members play.Classes of TaskJ. R. Hackman identified three major classes of tasks: Production Tasks – This means creating or delivering something, such as a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are Team Roles?Historically, teams were thought to have two categories of roles: Task Roles Team Function Roles Extensive research on the topic has identified 10 key roles, categorizes as task, social, and boundary-setting roles: What are Task Roles? Contractor...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
Designing Effective TeamsManagers often are charged with designing or bringing together a group of individuals to carry out a specific function. This is generally how formal groups begin. The manager must then do what is necessary to make certain the group reaches the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
How to Organize a Team?After designing a team, it should be organized to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. Some of the common elements for organizing or managing a team include. Establish Roles – After selecting members of the team, these members must be...
