PROJECT TEAM BUILDING,

CONFLICT, AND
NEGOTIATION
Chapter 6

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 CHAPTER 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Understand the steps involved in project team
building.
2. Know the characteristics of effective project
teams and why teams fail.
3. Know the stages in the development of groups.
4. Describe how to achieve cross-functional
cooperation in teams.

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 CHAPTER 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
5. See the advantages and challenges of project
teams.
6. Understand the nature of conflict and evaluate
response method.
7. Understand the importance of negotiation skills
in project management.

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 PMBOK CORE CONCEPTS

Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)

covered in this chapter includes:
1. Plan Human Resource Management (PMBoK
9.1)
2. Acquire Project Team (PMBoK 9.2)
3. Develop Project Team (PMBoK 9.3)
4. Manage Project Team (PMBoK 9.4)

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 Basic Steps
in Assembling
a Project Team
FIGURE 6.2

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 EFFECTIVE PROJECT TEAMS

Clear Sense of Mission

Productive Interdependency

Cohesiveness

Trust

Enthusiasm

Results Orientation
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 REASONS WHY TEAMS FAIL

Poorly developed or unclear goals

Poorly defined project team roles & interdependencies
Lack of project team motivation
Poor communication
Poor leadership
Turnover among project team members
Dysfunctional behavior

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 STAGES IN GROUP DEVELOPMENT

1. Forming members become acquainted

2. Storming conflict begins

3. Norming members reach agreement

4. Performing members work together

5. Adjourning group disbands

Punctuated Equilibrium is a different model.

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 TEAM DEVELOPMENT STAGES
(FIGURE 6.3)

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 MODEL OF PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM
(FIGURE 6.4)

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 ACHIEVING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL
COOPERATION
(FIGURE 6.5)

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 BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS

Make the project team tangible.

Publicity
Terminology & language
Reward good behavior.
Flexibility
Creativity
Pragmatism
Develop a personal touch.
Lead by example
Positive feedback for good performance
Accessibility & consistency
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 VIRTUAL PROJECT TEAMS

Use electronic media to link members of a geographically

dispersed project team.
How Can Virtual Teams Be Improved?
Use face-to-face communication when possible.
Dont let team members disappear.
Establish a code of conduct.
Keep everyone in the communication loop.
Create a process for addressing conflict.

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 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Conflict is a process that begins when you perceive

that someone has frustrated or is about to frustrate a
major concern of yours.

Categories Views
Goal-oriented Traditional
Administrative Behavioral
Interpersonal Interactionist

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 SOURCES OF CONFLICT

Organizational Interpersonal
Reward systems Faulty attributions
Scarce resources Faulty communication
Uncertainty Personal grudges &
Differentiation prejudices

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 CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Mediate diffusion/confrontation
Arbitrate judgment
Control cool down period
Accept unmanageable
Eliminate transfer

Conflict is often evidence of progress!

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 NEGOTIATION

Negotiation is a process that is predicated on a

managers ability to use influence productively.

Questions to Ask Prior to Entering a Negotiation

1. How much power do I have?
2. What sort of time pressures are there?
3. Do I trust my opponent?

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 PRINCIPLED NEGOTIATION

1. Separate the people from the problem.

2. Focus on interests, not positions.

3. Invent options for mutual gain.

4. Insist on using objective criteria.

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 SUMMARY

1. Understand the steps involved in project team

building.
2. Know the characteristics of effective project
teams and why teams fail.
3. Know the stages in the development of groups.
4. Describe how to achieve cross-functional
cooperation in teams.

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 SUMMARY

5. See the advantages and challenges of project

teams.
6. Understand the nature of conflict and evaluate
response method.
7. Understand the importance of negotiation skills
in project management.

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