Belbin Team Roles

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Meredith Belbin suggested that there is a certain approach for teams to be successful. Throughout his years of studying and observing on teamwork, he has identified nine different team roles that would be suitable for individuals with different personalities. A team may not need as many as nine people because some roles can be fulfilled by the same person. The nine team roles are the Plant, Resource Investigator, Coordinator, Shaper, Monitor Evaluator, Team Worker, Implementer, Completer Finisher, and the Specialist. Firstly, before the presentation which was on Elton Mayo, my group and I had to prepare materials for preparation. Each team member had a part to present. We were quite reluctant to communicate as everyone was new to each other …show more content…

We took this time to gather everyone's notes and discuss what were relevant and irrelevant for the presentation. Everyone had different opinions which could have created some difficulties as not every team member would agree with each other. However, all of us did examine more on our materials for the presentation and talked about it. This can be seen as the monitor evaluator from Belbin team roles. A monitor evaluator analyses situations and always finding solutions to problems. For instance, I did research on Elton Mayo's Theory and took Tesco as an example for the presentation. Before that, I had to do some readings and write down the points before sharing and discussing ideas with my team members. This is not only for my own knowledge, my members would know what I will be contributing for the presentation so they know where to continue. Hence, the presentation would be more organised. Nevertheless, according to a research, the monitor evaluator tends to have an inability to inspire others. This is possibly accurate as I was more concentrating on my own materials than what my team members had to …show more content…

To some of the members, It was fairly new as It was their first time presenting. However, all of us guided one another. We actually took turns to present and have given feedbacks to each other. This did improve our presentation delivery style and make us less nervous and more confident. At this point, It could be described as the team worker from Belbin team roles. A team worker mostly focuses on bringing everyone together and be able to say what they have in mind along with making everyone feel like they are part of the family. Not to mention, supporting each other in the team and that was what we were doing. Though, I was quite indecisive when it came to how I was going to present. Other than that, the presentation itself went well, but, they were some feedbacks on the slides we did. It could have been improved by adding pictures to make it seem more interesting so people would not feel boring during our presentation. In conclusion, the Belbin team roles did apply to what most of us have gone through as a team and are useful for people to find a task that is suitable to their own personality especially to today's society. The Belbin model has allowed me to further understand team roles and my roles during each stage of the preparation. The model can help identifying a person's strengths and

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