Summary- Team

A team is a group organized to work together to accomplish a set of objectives that cannot be achieved effectively by individuals.

Characteristics of a Team
-Awareness of unity
-Interpersonal relationship
-Ability to act together toward a common goal.

Ten characteristics of well-functioning teams:
1. Purpose
2. Priorities
3. Roles
4. Decisions
5. Conflict
6. Personal traits
7. Norms
8. Effectiveness
9. Success
10. Training

Three (3) Types of teams:

Types	Executive Model	District Model	Community Model
Number	3-8	15-20	25-30
Involve	All district managers Except constituent or stakeholder	Reperesentatives form each key stakeholder group within the 'boundries' of district staff	Mix of district staff and community leaders (50:50 preferred)
Advantages	quick, focused, consensus among leaders	key representatives are involved, sense of district-wide ownership	key district community leaders involved, sense of community-wide ownership
Disadvantages	isolated, no district-side ownership	representatives can take the narrow view, no community-side ownership	slow process, everyone needs to be heard, steep learning curve as citizens become knowledgeable about issues and practices