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Problem often at personal

level: how team members

feel about themselvesand each other.

People find it hard to dealwith these behavioural,

emotional issues.

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Need a way of looking atthese issues, measuringtheir effect.

Team role provide acommon language totalk about how peoplebehave in work place.

What makes a balancedand effective team -better the mix, thebetter the performance

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Belbin promotes team role theory, enabling

thousands of people to work with greater selfknowledge and understanding.

The value ofBelbin team-role theory lies in

enabling an individual or team to benefitfrom self-knowledge and adjust according tothe demands being made by the external

situation.

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A team role as

defined by Dr

MeredithBelbinis:"A tendency to

behave, contribute

and interrelate withothers in aparticular way.

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Belbin - 9team role types

Each type has a typicalbehavioural strength anda characteristicweakness

Allowable weaknessesare the negative side ofthe positive strength.

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Plant

Resource Investigator

Co-ordinator Shaper

Monitor Evaluator

Teamworker

Implementer

Completer-Finisher

Specialist

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Team role Contribution Allowable weakness

Plant Creative, imaginative,unorthodox. Solvesdifficult problems.

Ignores incidentals. Toopre- occupied tocommunicate effectively.

ResourceInvestigator

Extrovert, enthusiastic,communicative. Exploresopportunities. Developscontacts.

Over-optimistic. Losesinterest once initialenthusiasm has passed.

Co-ordinatorMature, confident, agood chairperson.Clarifies goals, promotesdecision-making,delegates well.

Can be seen asmanipulative. Offloadspersonal work.

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Shaper

Challenging, dynamic,thrives on pressure.Has the drive andcourage to overcomeobstacles.

Prone to provocation.Offends peoplesfeelings.

MonitorEvaluator

Sober, strategic anddiscerning. Sees alloptions. Judgesaccurately.

Lacks drive and abilityto inspire others.

Team worker

Co-operative, mild,perceptive anddiplomatic. Listens,builds, averts friction.

Indecisive in crunchsituations.

Team role Contribution Allowable weakness

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ImplementerDisciplined, reliable,conservative andefficient. Turns ideas intopractical actions.

Somewhat inflexible.Slow to respond to newpossibilities.

CompleterFinisher

Painstaking,conscientious, anxious.Searches out errors andomissions. Polishes and

perfects.

Inclined to worry unduly.Reluctant to delegate.

Specialist Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated.Provides knowledge andskills in rare supply.

Contributes on only anarrow front. Dwells ontechnicalities.

Team Role Contribution Allowable weakness

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Strengths Weaknesses

realise strengths &weaknesses

if role absent, can compensate

groups can be formeddeliberately with team role

theory

individuals may not be true torole in all circumstances

overpowering leadersyndrome

organisational politics

organisational & nationalculture

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Recognise strengths

More tolerance forweaknesses

A language to talk

about behaviour

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