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Guide To Assessing Teamwork and Collaboration

Teamwork is the concept of people working together toward a common goal.

Collaboration is a structured, recursive process where two or more people work together toward a common goal—typically an intellectual endeavor that is creative
in nature—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus. Collaboration does not require leadership and can sometimes bring better results through
decentralization and egalitarianism.

Assess the work using each of the four criteria below:



                                 The team did not define the task        Team informally defined the tasks    Team clearly defined the tasks to     Team has an extensive project
                                 and few members participate             but not all members understand       be accomplished, assigned             management plan that outlines the
participate in the task or
Team members actively

project to accomplish a




                                 actively. There is no follow-up.        them so not all members are able     aspects to various members and        tasks to be accomplished,
                                                                         to make meaningful contributions.    anticipated future needs. The team    resources that are needed, due
                                                                         The follow-up is sporadic.           engages in follow-up activities to    dates, assigned aspects to various
                                                                                                              monitor progress.                     members and anticipated future
common goal.




                                                                                                                                                    needs. The team engages in
                                                                                                                                                    regular follow-up activities to
                                                                                                                                                    monitor progress and provide
                                                                                                                                                    feedback to team members.

                                 Because there is no decision-           Decision-making procedures were      Clear procedures for making           All team members mobilize
      Team members participate




                                 making process, individuals make        established informally, leading to   decisions are established and         personal strengths to set forth their
                                 decisions, and they do not reflect      inconsistency in implementation      clearly articulated. Decisions, the   ideas and to negotiate a fit
         in decision-making.




                                 the thinking or the desires of the      and a failure to involve all         process by which they were made,      between personal ideas and ideas
                                 team.                                   members in decision-making.          and the involvement of members        of others, using contrasts to spark
                                                                                                              are also clearly articulated.         and sustain knowledge
                                                                                                                                                    advancement of the entire team,
                                                                                                                                                    acknowledging that each member
                                                                                                                                                    has a significant role to play and
                                                                                                                                                    personal responsibility in decision-
                                                                                                                                                    making.

                                 The team seems to be thrashing          The team is not always able to       When working to achieve goals,        Team members know that working
   Team adjusts to




                                 about. Activity plans (if they exist)   adjust as needed to meet goals.      the team is able to adjust plans as   to achieve goals requires flexibility
   circumstances.
     unforeseen




                                 are unfocused, and thus there is        Realization of the need for mid-     needs arise. There is a clear         in thought and action, being
                                 no ability to adjust and make           course corrections sometimes         understanding of the nature of        creatively adaptive, “unfreakable”
                                 corrections.                            comes too late.                      mid-course corrections and why        in the face of challenging problems
                                                                                                              they were needed.                     and changing situations.




Guide To Assessing Teamwork and Collaboration
2008 Galileo Educational Network
The team atmosphere is            There is a general atmosphere of     Every team member is treated with    Team members recognize each
  Team members use their diversity to   competitive and individualistic   respect for team members, but        respect. All members listen to all   other as legitimate contributors to
                                        rather than cooperative and       some members may not be heard        ideas. The work of each person is    the shared goals; they build on
                                        supportive.                       as much as others.                   acknowledged. Members feel free      each other’s ideas and take
                                                                          Acknowledging others' work is        to seek assistance from others or    responsibility for the overall
                                                                          serendipitous rather than planned.   to ask questions.                    advancement of knowledge of the
          build strength.



                                                                          Some members may not feel free                                            team. They see diversity as a
                                                                          to turn to others for help.                                               strength that helps to strengthen
                                                                                                                                                    the overall outcomes. Team
                                                                                                                                                    members encourage diverse
                                                                                                                                                    points of view, openly negotiate
                                                                                                                                                    emerging understandings and
                                                                                                                                                    provide and accept specific
                                                                                                                                                    feedback to and from each other to
                                                                                                                                                    improve team processes and
                                                                                                                                                    project outcomes.




References:

Conference Board of Canada. Employability Skills 2000+. Retrieved March 25, 2008 from http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning-
tools/pdfs/esp2000.pdf
Conference Board of Canada. Innovation Skills Profile. Retrieved March 25, 2008 from http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning-
tools/pdfs/ISP_brochure.pdf
Sinetar, Marsha. (1991). Developing a 21st century mind. New York: Villard Books.




Guide To Assessing Teamwork and Collaboration
2008 Galileo Educational Network

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Guideteamworkcollaboration

  • 1. Guide To Assessing Teamwork and Collaboration Teamwork is the concept of people working together toward a common goal. Collaboration is a structured, recursive process where two or more people work together toward a common goal—typically an intellectual endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus. Collaboration does not require leadership and can sometimes bring better results through decentralization and egalitarianism. Assess the work using each of the four criteria below: The team did not define the task Team informally defined the tasks Team clearly defined the tasks to Team has an extensive project and few members participate but not all members understand be accomplished, assigned management plan that outlines the participate in the task or Team members actively project to accomplish a actively. There is no follow-up. them so not all members are able aspects to various members and tasks to be accomplished, to make meaningful contributions. anticipated future needs. The team resources that are needed, due The follow-up is sporadic. engages in follow-up activities to dates, assigned aspects to various monitor progress. members and anticipated future common goal. needs. The team engages in regular follow-up activities to monitor progress and provide feedback to team members. Because there is no decision- Decision-making procedures were Clear procedures for making All team members mobilize Team members participate making process, individuals make established informally, leading to decisions are established and personal strengths to set forth their decisions, and they do not reflect inconsistency in implementation clearly articulated. Decisions, the ideas and to negotiate a fit in decision-making. the thinking or the desires of the and a failure to involve all process by which they were made, between personal ideas and ideas team. members in decision-making. and the involvement of members of others, using contrasts to spark are also clearly articulated. and sustain knowledge advancement of the entire team, acknowledging that each member has a significant role to play and personal responsibility in decision- making. The team seems to be thrashing The team is not always able to When working to achieve goals, Team members know that working Team adjusts to about. Activity plans (if they exist) adjust as needed to meet goals. the team is able to adjust plans as to achieve goals requires flexibility circumstances. unforeseen are unfocused, and thus there is Realization of the need for mid- needs arise. There is a clear in thought and action, being no ability to adjust and make course corrections sometimes understanding of the nature of creatively adaptive, “unfreakable” corrections. comes too late. mid-course corrections and why in the face of challenging problems they were needed. and changing situations. Guide To Assessing Teamwork and Collaboration 2008 Galileo Educational Network
  • 2. The team atmosphere is There is a general atmosphere of Every team member is treated with Team members recognize each Team members use their diversity to competitive and individualistic respect for team members, but respect. All members listen to all other as legitimate contributors to rather than cooperative and some members may not be heard ideas. The work of each person is the shared goals; they build on supportive. as much as others. acknowledged. Members feel free each other’s ideas and take Acknowledging others' work is to seek assistance from others or responsibility for the overall serendipitous rather than planned. to ask questions. advancement of knowledge of the build strength. Some members may not feel free team. They see diversity as a to turn to others for help. strength that helps to strengthen the overall outcomes. Team members encourage diverse points of view, openly negotiate emerging understandings and provide and accept specific feedback to and from each other to improve team processes and project outcomes. References: Conference Board of Canada. Employability Skills 2000+. Retrieved March 25, 2008 from http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning- tools/pdfs/esp2000.pdf Conference Board of Canada. Innovation Skills Profile. Retrieved March 25, 2008 from http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning- tools/pdfs/ISP_brochure.pdf Sinetar, Marsha. (1991). Developing a 21st century mind. New York: Villard Books. Guide To Assessing Teamwork and Collaboration 2008 Galileo Educational Network