UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Analysis of Team Charter
MGT-521
10/8/2008
Analysis of Team Charter
Establishing a learning team and an effective work environment for it requires its members to get to know each other personally and professionally. In order to accomplish that, each team member should present his or her self assessment and skills set. The self assessment can be based on a Jungian personality test in addition to the general idea of the set of abilities, interests, hobbies and experience each team member possesses. After the discussion, the team creates a charter that establishes the goals of each member and the team as a whole and how these goals can be achieved in the framework of the team.
Roles and Responsibilities
To maximize effectiveness of the teamwork, the team will delegate assignments to different members according to each member’s skills and personality. Our team has a unique composition of different personalities, each with different set of skills.
The ESTJ personality, also defined as a “Supervisor”, willingly takes, organizes, and runs any activities within his domain of responsibility. This member can be maximized to direct the group into order, which will be very beneficial to the team (Graverson, 2008, p.64). This individual will make sure the meetings are focused and the team achieves their goals. However, ESTJs have a penchant for making decisions too quickly, failing to examine all possibilities fully before deciding (Graverson, 2008, p.64). These shortcomings however, are offset by another member of the group INTJ or a “Mastermind”. According to a Keirsey’s definition, decisions come easily to INTJs, they complete what they start, and always have an eye toward long-term complications, implicatio ...