Team development is a necessary stage to increase its efficiency and effectiveness. Thus, the factors that have a positive and negative contribution to the group’s formation are highlighted. So, among the advantages for the development of the team and the positive factors of its presentation, it is possible to highlight the continuity of goals and organizational culture, the preservation of the organization by contacting and reporting only to the project manager. Moreover, this aspect also includes the appearance of weaknesses. Among them, such as the lack of representation of all the main functions in the project can be highlighted. Another common problem is the remoteness of project participants, which significantly hinders communication and making the right decisions.
In order to get rid of the problem of the remoteness of the team members from each other, it was decided to adopt a place for discussions and direct work. Therefore, the productivity was increased, as the time for interaction between people involved in the project was significantly reduced. Moreover, it was decided to hold specialized meetings for the correct and even distribution of roles among employees. It is worth noting that I consider such an action plan to be quite reasonable and logical and would not change it. This is also since after the measures were taken, and the group was able to increase its performance and development indicators. The group was particularly good at forming a schedule with the distribution of goals and expected results of each stage.
If there is an opportunity to introduce one recommendation into the meeting management process, it would be introducing an improved ground rules system. This code is necessary for the development of the organization and the responsibility of the project participants (Rasmussen et al., 2019). Moreover, the formation of the team’s identity acquires exceptional value. I believe that the main step can help unite the participants in implementing joint actions from the very beginning. This aspect swings not only directly working moments but also household. The rejuvenation activity may be the formation of daily rituals as part of team building, for example, a report on the start of work with a funny image and the introduction of team traditions.
Outsourcing is the use of external resources by the company’s managers to perform certain activities. Thus, the transfer of functions from internal personnel to third parties is being transferred to increase efficiency and eliminate time and financial costs. Among the main advantages of outsourcing to the project is a significant reduction in costs and accelerated completion of project activities. Moreover, the positive aspects of attracting external specialists are attracting more knowledge and experience, flexibility concerning resources, and decisions made. The most important positive aspects are reducing time and financial costs and the attraction of a new look and knowledge to work. These aspects can significantly increase the effectiveness of the project and the work of the team.
Despite these positive aspects, outsourcing also has its drawbacks. Among them are violations of coordination, loss of complete control, conflict situations, problems with security, and political hot potato (Larson & Gray, 2017). The most significant drawback is the neglect of the security of the project. This aspect concerns not only employees but also information. Hence, with the involvement of external employees, there is a possibility of disclosure of confidential information. The other most important disadvantages are the loss of control and, as a result, the emergence of unstable relationships and conflicts between employees. Deterioration of these indicators can negatively affect the productivity of the team.
References
Larson, E. W., & Gray, C. F. (2017). Project management: The managerial process. McGraw-Hill Education.
Rasmussen, I., Amundrud, A., & Ludvigsen, S. (2019). Establishing and maintaining joint attention in classroom dialogues: Digital technology, microblogging and ground rules. The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Dialogic Education, pp. 411-424.