Read or Download Developing Teams (Training & Development) PDF

Similar training books

• The Training Design Manual: The Complete Practical Guide to Creating Effective and Successful Training Programmes
• Human Capital Management: Achieving Added Value Through People

Additional resources for Developing Teams (Training & Development)

Sample text

Functional roles are mainly in the areas of: » professional medical staff – doctors, nurses and other specialist medical staff who may be needed; » logisticians – who work on transport, supplies, and engineering projects such as communications, buildings, sanitation, and water supplies; and » financial administrators – who control the finance and budget for the project. A typical team might be composed of several volunteers, each of a different nationality, working together with local people. An average posting for a volunteer is about six months, though this can sometimes be extended.

They are not paid, though their living expenses and fares are covered, 48 DEVELOPING TEAMS so it is clear that they are not motivated by money. We can perhaps look more towards the following factors. » Achievement – the volunteers clearly feel very deeply about helping others who are facing great hardship. Accounts of particular incidents that can be found on the organization’s Website tell of the sense of achievement when their work is rewarded by success at saving the lives of people who might otherwise have died.

Different people will have a preference for the point at which where they enter the cycle. Peter Honey and Alan Mumford (1986) identified four learning styles that reflected these stages. » » » » Activist – likes to experience; jumps straight into an activity. Reflector – likes to reflect; needs time to think about what happened. Theorist – likes to analyze; develops theories about why it happened. Pragmatist – likes experimenting; tries out a different approach.

Download PDF sample