Team Building and Conflict Strategy Plans, Diversity in the Workplace

Michelle Lara-Mooy

MGT311

Mr. Gary Winder

August 7, 2013

With so many challenges that Riordan Manufacturing is currently facing, it is ideal for them to focus on all of the good things within the corporate structure, as well as any new items currently being worked on. Summarizing team building, it is most definitely vital to ensure the success of all projects, to negotiate and confirm an ideal strategy as they pick the chosen teams to begin their projects. By predicting and analyzing potential issues and following through with interviews and evaluations, management will only then be able to determine strategies for effective team building and can be reassured that operations will run smoothly. We will then be also to determine proper conflict management plans by following suit of those deemed most successful within our organization. With so many options and ways to build a team, considering the benefits and cons is essential in determining what will work best for the corporation. For every option, will come the pros and cons, and determining which weighs heavier in the route the company wants to go, will ensure they are going in the right direction. To begin with, determining what roles everyone will play on the team will help set the precedence for direction, responsibility, and plan of attack. This strategy focusses on assigning roles that are appropriate for the individual. Analyzing every team’s assets, weaknesses, knowledge, education, specialties will definitely set the course. Although doing this can often cause negative feelings among teammates, it is vital in order to get the end result the corporation is seeking. In addition, establishing trust amongst the corporation’s practices and its employees, will definitely enhance work performance cooperation, creativity, longevity, and low turnover. Lastly, by ensuring that each and every team member has adequate resources to complete the goals required by the corporation Riordan Manufacturing will ensure high productivity. As we have spoken extensively about prizes for work that has a salary included in their package, some people don’t believe that prizes are necessary when they are employed to do a job. Perhaps this is true, however, there is one specific industry leader that I know or that offers trips across the country, gift cards, cash prizes, sporting events and more. There is no evidence to support that this isn’t a viable means of conducting business and excelling at it with happy employees. All strategies included in this report as well as many others can be tried and true and found successful. It could actually be beneficial to include many, or a few. Every team strategy listed here can be beneficial to Riordan Manufacturing. In any case, it is a mixture of two, or more that makes for the key strategy in forming and maintaining successful teams. By providing a successful allocation of roles while administering a direct expectation of goals with a reward system in place, Riordan Manufacturing will continue its success as a leader in the industry. Our primary goal is to build teams that will assist in bringing our products into the next century. This will require establishing teams that have goals clearly defined in order to achieve them. Now and in the past, success has shown and has been measured by placing team members throughout the assignment, allowing and promoting the most skilled, experienced employee at the center of each team, which will allow for every team to perform at its highest levels, by having someone to mentor and lead.
Although the strategy for which Riordan should strive for success, as well as an exceptional formation of teams are critical, we also should include any potential issues which could hinder progress and plan. Focusing on the strategies for accomplishing these goals will help for the formation of teams, and keeping all the teams diverse will ensure new creative, innovative ideas. This will allow the management team to keep each team diversified based not only on their experience but also their skill, production, and talent.
To decide if a team is progressing successfully, we will put into place, strict policies for which the employee’s performances will be evaluated, for the individual, but also on the team itself. This will allow goals to be set forth in order to successfully continue production. When those goals are not accomplished, we will be able to then determine the successfulness of the operating team. When those goals are completed successfully, we will administer a reward system to include 401k, profit sharing, multiple stock options and flexible work schedules.
Conflict is almost unavoidable in the work place. To manage conflict we can enact three different conflict management plans. These plans include problem solving, avoidance and Compromise. Problem solving allows for one on one meeting between both members in the conflicting parties. Which will allow each member to resolve the conflict through open discussion. Unfortunately, more problems may arise with an open meeting. Avoidance will have each member perform their tasks in separate environments, so that the problem between each employee is avoided. Depending on the location and resources this might not be possible. Compromise allows for each member to sacrifice a particular thing, to give the other member what they want. These conflict management strategies each allow an opportunity to settle a dispute between our members. By using team building strategies such as the various role placement, it will allow us to conduct our teams in a more innovative, successful manner.

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