Talk:Designing Project Teams

Review by Keyser-sözer

review use of commas, i have removed ones that are unnecessary. a few sporadic grammar or spelling errors, i have also changed them myself where I can. all sections that I have suggested changes towards are chronological so that they are easier to find within the body of the text.

change the wording of this section "How it will be advantageous to combine the individual teams in relation to current project and departments. It sheds light on whether each team need specific roles to solve a given task optimally (campion M, 1996)."

i have removed the use of 1st person from this section, you use the sentence "in my opinion", avoid 1st person in an academic article. "In order to complete a project successfully, it is important that there is a good relationship and good cooperation among the team members. As it is a part of humans social needs. (Hein 2009)"

change the wording of this section "When a number of people included in a group with others, consume each person a form of role."

change the wording of this section "At the same time as providing awareness of own and other team roles better internal acceptance of colleagues' strengths and weaknesses in teamwork."

change the wording of this section "Over the nine years analyzed and observed by Belbin and his team, the factors which influence whether a team was successful or failure. His research resulted in particular in two conclusions (Mullins 2007)."

change the wording of this section "The organizer(s) are motivated by their sense of loyalty to the rest of the team, therefore, they often also the acidic tasks that others would otherwise let lie. Often the organizer however seen as inflexible because they find it difficult to leave their own thoughtful plans and structures"

There have been a few sections where I have had to change "he" or "she" to they. Avoid being gender specific. This is particularly apparent in the nine roles section.

Consider reviewing the whole of the nine roles section. Some words and sections are clumsy. The strengths and weaknesses section is strong, quick and to the point, however the descriptions of each role are poorly worded. I have changed a lot myself but there are a lot of words that could be changed to something more formal eg "Resource investigators, however, often have to get input from others as there is a danger that they will get bored themselves and thus become ineffective in the group (Belbin 2010)." Don't use the words "get bored" here. Definitely worth considering using a stronger synonym for a lot of words within this section.

change the wording of this section "The intermediary shall ensure social cohesion, where the roles are bound together and creating team spirit. The intermediary would then like that all is well, which can result in conflict-avoidance. At the same time, the intermediary may be a little invisible in the team, but only until they are gone and the small discussion starts to flare up (Belbin 2010)."

The two ending sections are clumsy, "team performing" and "conclusion". Team performing is clumsy in its wording, review how you have interlinked sentences and review some of the grammar. Likewise with the conclusion, however also consider reviewing what is being conveyed by the conclusion. A few words on how the Belbin Team Development tool could be improved could be considered along with more of a focus on the tool, your thoughts seem very disjointed, like you are not really drawing a conclusion at all until you reach the last two sentences.

Overall, the first few sections introduce the tool well. You have covered the need for a tool that defines a team and then you have went on to explain how Belbin's tool solves this problem. The Nine Roles section is good for defining exactly what the tool covers, however it definitely needs a few adjustments here and there. The ending section is relatively disjointed, you need to focus your thoughts a bit more potently, maybe include some argumentation about how well the tool performs its job. The report certainly includes the foundations for being a strong article.

• editing note- i have said where wording needs to be changed instead of changing it myself because I am uncertain of what you are trying to say. If you are having problems rewording these sections yourself, please message me and try to explain what you are trying to say, I would be more than happy to change it myself if I knew what you were trying to say.