Qualitative Sourcing Assessments
(Part III: Team Assessment*)
© Frank Haluch 2011-2025
“A team is a distinguishable set of two or more individuals who interact interdependently and adaptively to achieve specified, share and valued objectives.”*
This assessment was developed to assist a team to define what type of team they are (for more, see Teamwork and taskwork behaviours (ebrary.net).
There are nine maxims for each team member to evaluate. A lack of agreement on how a team is performing in each maxim, identifies areas needing improvement.
Maxim 1 Teamwork and task work are separate.
Maxim 2 Team members observe each other’s work.
Maxim 3 Team members provide and accept input from each other.
Maxim 4 Team members’ use closed-loop communication to ensure effective communication.
Maxim 5 Team members provide back-up to each other during task.
Maxim 6 Team members view the “team” as an integrated whole.
Maxim 7 Team members nurture mutual dependence.
Maxim 8 A team members’ behavior is a function of circumstances.
Maxim 9 Teams change over time.
Assessment results reveal whether the team is:
Reviewing results of each team member score by Maxim highlights what is needed to improve the team.
* Morgan, B. B., Jr., Glickman, A. S., Woodard, E. A., & Salas, E. (1986), Measurement of Team Behaviors in A Navy Environment (NTDC Report, No. 96- 014), Orlando, FL: Naval Training Systems Center, page3.
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