* Team players

There have been defined the following types of team players.


I TASK Complete the definitions with types of team players.


  COMPLETER; TEAMWORKER; PLANT; IMPLEMENTER;SHAPER; CO-ORDINATOR; RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR; MONITOR
                                             EVALUATOR


a. the implementer = converts the team´s plan into something achievable

b. the co-ordinator = a confident member who sets objectives and defines team members´ roles

c. the shaper = defines issues, shapes ideas and leads the action

d. the plant = a creative and imaginative person who supplies original ideas and solves problems

e. the resource investigator = communicates with the outside world and explores opportunities

f. the monitor evaluator = sees all the possibilities, evaluates situations objectively, and sees
what is realistically achievable

g. the teamworker = builds the team, supports others and reduces conflict

h. the completer = meets deadlines, corrects mistakes and makes sure nothing is forgotten.



  * Stages of team life

I TASK Complete the definitions with stages of team life.

                          MOURNING; NORMING;FORMING; STORMING;PERFORMING


The typical team goes through a series of stages:


a. forming = the group is anxious and feels dependent on a leader; the group tries to discover how
it is going to operate and what the “normal“ ways of  working will be

b. storming = the atmosphere may be one of conflict between members, who may resist control from
any other person; there may be the feeling that the task cannot be achieved

c. norming = at this stage, members of the group feel closer together and the conflicts are
forgotten; members of the group will start to support each other; there is increasingly the feeling
that it is possible to achieve the task

d. performing = the group is carrying out the task for which it was formed; members feel safe
enough to express differences of opinion in relation to others

e. mourning = the group´s work is finished, and its members begin to have pleasant memories of
their activities and achievements.