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  • 1.  Team Assessment

    Posted 07-10-1997 10:25
    > Barry Stennett <CMSPSY20@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
    >Subject: teams instruments & exercises
    >
    >I am currently working with management to implement a new selection
    >program. There is considerable interest in teams and teaming.
    >
    >Can anyone recommend good instruments that may help measure
    >individual-team fit, 'team playerness', or similar constructs?
    >Also, I would be interested in any assessment center exercises
    >that may tap relevant or related dimensions.

    The best I've seen on this is Vitality Alliance's Team Vitality Survey which
    measures several dimensions. Actually the team itself can do the assessment
    as a workshop--which seems to give it more relevance in their minds.
    ________________________________________
    Michael Thomas V 850.435.1000
    Pathway Learning F 850.432.740 -
    miket@gulf.net

    600 S. Barracks Street
    Suite 201-2
    Pensacola, Florida 32501

    "The Path to Organizational Vitality"


  • 2.  Team Assessment

    Posted 07-10-1997 12:33
    Dear Michael Thomas,

    We do have an instrument vividly displaying team-individual relations,
    "team-playerness" and the like. I am referring to the International
    Operations Simulation, and internatl bus strategy exercise calling for
    both competition, cooperation and negotiation between as well as within
    the executive teams. In addtition to facilitator observations, we have
    intrateam evaluations on several criteria relevant here. Clearly, you
    might also use some of the "conventional" scales for post-game evaluation.

    Interestingly, opnly yesterday there was a similar inquiry on this
    newsgrp; you might wish to check the replies to that one.
    For intro info re the INTOPIA Simulation, plse refer to Home Page address
    below. If interested we will be glad to supply more detailed info, as
    well as a set of PROMO disks, which give an overview of the sim in action
    during one decision period. Best, hans t

    On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Michael Thomas wrote:

    > > Barry Stennett <CMSPSY20@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
    > >Subject: teams instruments & exercises
    > >
    > >I am currently working with management to implement a new selection
    > >program. There is considerable interest in teams and teaming.
    > >
    > >Can anyone recommend good instruments that may help measure
    > >individual-team fit, 'team playerness', or similar constructs?
    > >Also, I would be interested in any assessment center exercises
    > >that may tap relevant or related dimensions.
    >
    > The best I've seen on this is Vitality Alliance's Team Vitality Survey which
    > measures several dimensions. Actually the team itself can do the assessment
    > as a workshop--which seems to give it more relevance in their minds.
    > ________________________________________
    > Michael Thomas V 850.435.1000
    > Pathway Learning F 850.432.740 -
    > miket@gulf.net
    >
    > 600 S. Barracks Street
    > Suite 201-2
    > Pensacola, Florida 32501
    >
    > "The Path to Organizational Vitality"
    >

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    * School of Business Fax: (IU) 812/855-6440 *
    * Indiana University or 812/333-5075 *
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  • 3.  Team Assessment

    Posted 07-10-1997 21:28
    I recently asked for help in identiflying suitable methods &
    instruments for assessing individuals who will be hired
    into a team environment. Many thanks go to Hans Thorelli,
    Michael Thomas, Bob Gately, Debbie Kellie, Pat Weber, T.J. Elliott,
    and S. J. Harman for their responses and assistance.

    Several recommendations were made that will be useful to me.
    Since a few people expressed interest in the topic, I am offering
    a summary of others' recommendations:

    International Operations Simulation (INTOPIA) -- a management
    game that uses teams & team concepts -- http://php.indiana.edu/~thorelli/

    Team Vitality instrument & Dialog 360 feedback instrument
    Vitality Alliance
    600 S. Barracks St.
    Suite 201-2
    Pensacola, FL 32501


    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gately/prevue.htm


    Margerison & McCann's Team Management Systems
    Richard Aldersea
    TMS USA
    11718 Bowman Green Dr.
    Reston, VA 22090
    703-318-7206


    Carlson Learning Company Profiles
    - Personal Profile System, Innovate With CARE, & Discovering Diversity
    http://www.prostrategies.com


    The Birkman http://www.birkman.com


    Parker Team Player Survey (no source given, I'm still looking for info
    on this one).


    Again, thank you all for the information. It has greatly aided my task.
    I am in the process of collecting and compiling information to be used
    in making a decision about which instruments and approaches to use.

    Barry


    R. B. Stennett
    Dept. of Psychology "I'm not into working out.
    University of Georgia My philosophy: No pain, no pain."
    Athens, GA 30602 --Carol Leifer--
    CMSPSY20@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU


  • 4.  Team Assessment

    Posted 07-11-1997 08:12
    re: Parker Team Survey -- Parker, G. M. Team Players and Teamwork: The New
    Competitive Business Strategy. Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. (San Francisco
    or check their www site), 1990. Also, you may want to look at the Belbin
    Team Roles Inventory (University Associates), or SYMLOG (Center for
    Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC. Apologies for the late post/reply.
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    Original Text
    From: Barry Stennett <CMSPSY20@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>, on 7/10/97 9:28 PM:
    I recently asked for help in identiflying suitable methods &
    instruments for assessing individuals who will be hired
    into a team environment. Many thanks go to Hans Thorelli,
    Michael Thomas, Bob Gately, Debbie Kellie, Pat Weber, T.J. Elliott,
    and S. J. Harman for their responses and assistance.

    Several recommendations were made that will be useful to me.
    Since a few people expressed interest in the topic, I am offering
    a summary of others' recommendations:

    International Operations Simulation (INTOPIA) -- a management
    game that uses teams & team concepts -- http://php.indiana.edu/~thorelli/

    Team Vitality instrument & Dialog 360 feedback instrument
    Vitality Alliance
    600 S. Barracks St.
    Suite 201-2
    Pensacola, FL 32501


    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gately/prevue.htm


    Margerison & McCann's Team Management Systems
    Richard Aldersea
    TMS USA
    11718 Bowman Green Dr.
    Reston, VA 22090
    703-318-7206


    Carlson Learning Company Profiles
    - Personal Profile System, Innovate With CARE, & Discovering Diversity
    http://www.prostrategies.com


    The Birkman http://www.birkman.com


    Parker Team Player Survey (no source given, I'm still looking for info
    on this one).


    Again, thank you all for the information. It has greatly aided my task.
    I am in the process of collecting and compiling information to be used
    in making a decision about which instruments and approaches to use.

    Barry


    R. B. Stennett
    Dept. of Psychology "I'm not into working out.
    University of Georgia My philosophy: No pain, no pain."
    Athens, GA 30602 --Carol Leifer--
    CMSPSY20@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU