Development of a model of factors promoting team effectiveness in the automotive component industry

• Main Author: Hutton, Timothy Strathearn
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Port Elizabeth Technikon 2000
• Subjects: Teams in the workplace; Automobile industry and trade > Management; Automobile industry and trade > South Africa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/24

The research problem addressed in this study was to determine what makes a work team successful. To achieve this objective a theoretical model of factors promoting team effectiveness was developed, using relevant literature in which models for team effectiveness are described. The theoretical model consisted of the following factors: Individual background factors; Facilitation; Team Factors; Synergy; Team effectiveness; Organisational factors. Each factor of the model was broken down into dimensions that were then analysed using literature identified during the literature study. The theoretical model was then used to develop a questionnaire to test the degree to which managers working for automotive component manufacturers in the Port Elizabeth /Uitenhage magisterial district and falling under Chapter III of the Bargaining Council for the Motor Industry concur. The empirical results obtained indicate a strong concurrence with the theoretical model of factors promoting team effectiveness that was developed in the study. This resulted in the theoretical model being confirmed and being accepted as a model of factors promoting team effectiveness.