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    Belbin Team Role Theory identifies 9 team roles based on patterns of behavior that impact team performance. The roles are Plant, Resource Investigator, Coordinator, Shaper, Monitor Evaluator, Teamworker, Implementer, Completer Finisher, and Specialist. Each role has strengths and typical behaviors as well as weaknesses. Effective teams are comprised of members who understand their own roles and how to work with others of different roles.

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    Belbin Team Role Theory identifies 9 team roles based on patterns of behavior that impact team performance. The roles are Plant, Resource Investigator, Coordinator, Shaper, Monitor Evaluator, Teamworker, Implementer, Completer Finisher, and Specialist. Each role has strengths and typical behaviors as well as weaknesses. Effective teams are comprised of members who understand their own roles and how to work with others of different roles.

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    Belbin Team Role Theory identifies 9 team roles based on patterns of behavior that impact team performance. The roles are Plant, Resource Investigator, Coordinator, Shaper, Monitor Evaluator, Teamworker, Implementer, Completer Finisher, and Specialist. Each role has strengths and typical behaviors as well as weaknesses. Effective teams are comprised of members who understand their own roles and how to work with others of different roles.

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    Belbin Team

    Role Theory

    TEAM ROLE: BELBINS


    DEFINITION

    A tendency to
    behave, contribute
    and interrelate with
    others in a
    particular way

    BASIC MAXIMS

    Individuals are seldom good at


    everything

    Out-going

    Motivating

    Organised

    Creative

    Diplomatic

    Knowledgeable

    Meticulous

    Hard-driving
    Objective

    BASIC MAXIMS

    Individuals usually have a lot more to


    contribute than their particular
    profession or experience may
    suggest At work, we have 2 roles:
    Functional role= F (acquired
    knowledge, professional
    experience)
    Team role= F (basic capacities,
    personal characteristics, ability to
    relate to others)

    BASIC MAXIMS

    The effectiveness of a team will depend on


    the extent to which members correctly
    recognize and adjust themselves to the
    relative strengths within the team

    BELBIN TEAM ROLE EXPERT


    SYSTEM

    Belbin - 9 team roles type


    Each type has a typical behavioural strength
    and a characteristic weakness

    Action-oriented roles
    SHAPER, IMPLEMENTER &
    COMPLETER FINISHER
    People-oriented roles
    CO-ORDINATOR, TEAMWORKER,
    RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR
    Cerebral roles
    PLANT, MONITOR EVALUATOR &
    SPECIALIST

    TEAM ROLE OPPOSITES

    MONITOR
    EVALUATOR judges
    impartially

    PLANT theorises

    SHAPER drives

    RESOURCE
    INVESTIGATOR recognises opportunities

    SPECIALIST - specifies

    CO-ORDINATOR generalises

    COMPLETER
    FINISHER perfects
    established
    systems
    TEAMWORKER supports

    IMPLEMENTER - applies

    Belbin Team
    Role Theory

    Belbin Team Role Theory

    Dr. Meredith Belbin is well known for his team roles


    concept. The team roles identified by Belbin are based
    on certain patterns of behaviour that people exhibit
    within teams. These patterns of behaviour can
    potentially have an impact on the performance of the
    team. The basic premise of theBelbin team
    rolestheory is quite simple. When individuals become
    aware of their own strengths and abilities, and
    understand the role that he or she is capable of
    playing within a team, it helps them to deal better
    with the demands of the team environment.

    Belbin Team Role Theory

    Belbins team roles are based on a study that


    examined personality traits, intellectual styles and
    behaviours within teams. The team roles evolved from
    the clusters or patterns of these that emerged during
    the study. Initially defined as 8 roles, the Belbin model
    now sports 9 roles, the new one being the Specialist.

    Plant
    Co-ordinator
    Shaper
    Monitor Evaluator
    Teamworker
    Implementer
    Completer Finisher
    Specialist

    Belbin Team Roles

    Resource Investigator

    Belbin Team Roles

    Plant

    Plants are creative, unorthodox and a generator of


    ideas. If an innovative solution to a problem is
    needed, a Plant is a good person to ask. A good plant
    will be bright and free-thinking. The Plant bears a
    strong resemblance to the popular caricature of the
    absentminded professor-inventor, and often has a hard
    time communicating ideas to others.
    Contribution
    Creative, imaginative, unorthodox. Solves difficult
    problems.
    Weaknesses
    Ignores incidentals. Too pre-occupied to communicate
    effectively.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Resource Investigator
    The Resource Investigator gives a team a rush of enthusiasm
    at the start of the project by vigorously pursuing contacts and
    opportunities. He or she is focused outside the team, and has
    a finger firmly on the pulse of the outside world. Where a
    Plant creates new ideas, a Resource Investigator will quite
    happily steal them from other companies or people. A good
    Resource Investigator is a maker of possibilities and an
    excellent networker, but has a tendency to lose momentum
    towards the end of a project and to forget small details.
    Contribution
    Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative. Explores
    opportunities. Develops contacts.
    Weaknesses
    Over-optimistic. Loses interest once initial enthusiasm has
    passed.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Co-ordinator
    A Coordinator often becomes the default chairperson
    of a team, stepping back to see the big picture.
    Coordinators are confident, stable and mature and
    because they recognise abilities in others, they are
    very good at delegating tasks to the right person for
    the job. The Coordinator clarifies decisions, helping
    everyone else focus on their tasks. Coordinators are
    sometimes perceived to be manipulative, and will
    tend to delegate all work, leaving nothing but the
    delegating for them to do.
    Contribution
    Mature, confident, a good chairperson. Clarifies goals,
    promotes decision-making, delegates well.
    Weaknesses
    Can be seen as manipulative. Offloads personal work.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Shaper

    Shapers are the dynamic whip-crackers who provoke


    their team into action. They thrive on pressure and
    challenge, charging through obstacles and challenging
    others to do the same. They will furthermore always
    say what they feel needs to be said to reach their
    goal. In their zeal to achieve their objectives, Shapers
    sometimes forget to be sensitive to the feelings and
    perceptions of others. They enjoy it rough and arent
    afraid to play around.
    Contribution
    Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. The drive
    and courage to overcome obstacles.
    Weaknesses
    Prone to provocation. Offends peoples feelings.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Monitor Evaluator
    Monitor Evaluators are fair and logical observers and
    judges of what is going on. Because they are good at
    detaching themselves from bias, they are often the
    ones to see all available options with the greatest
    clarity. They take everything into account, and by
    moving slowly and analytically, will almost always
    come to the right decision. However, they can become
    excessively cynical, damping enthusiasm for anything
    without logical grounds, and they have a hard time
    inspiring themselves or others to be passionate about
    their work.
    Contribution
    Sober, strategic and discerning. Sees all options.
    Judges accurately.
    Weaknesses
    Lacks drive and ability to inspire others.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Teamworker
    A Teamworker is the oil that keeps the machine that is
    the team running. They are good listeners and
    diplomats, talented at smoothing over conflicts and
    helping parties understand each other without
    becoming confrontational. The beneficial effect of a
    Teamworker is often not noticed until they are absent,
    when the team begins to argue, and small but
    important things cease to happen. Because of an
    unwillingness to take sides, a Teamworker may not be
    able to take decisive action when it is needed.
    Contribution
    Co-operative, mild, perceptive and diplomatic.
    Listens, builds, averts friction.
    Weaknesses
    Indecisive in crunch situations.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Implementer
    The Implementer takes what the other roles have
    suggested or asked, and turns their ideas into positive
    action. They are efficient and self-disciplined, and can
    always be relied on to deliver on time. They are
    motivated by their loyalty to the team or company,
    which means that they will often take on jobs
    everyone else avoids or dislikes. However, they may be
    seen as close-minded and inflexible since they will
    often have difficulty deviating from their own wellthought-out plans.
    Contribution
    Disciplined, reliable, conservative and efficient. Turns
    ideas into practical actions.
    Weaknesses
    Somewhat inflexible. Slow to respond to new
    possibilities.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Completer Finisher
    The Completer Finisher is a perfectionist and will often go the
    extra mile to make sure everything is just right, and the
    things he or she delivers can be trusted to have been doublechecked and then checked again. The Completer Finisher has
    a strong inward sense of the need for accuracy, rarely needing
    any encouragement from others because that individuals own
    high standards are what he or she tries to live up to. They
    may frustrate their teammates by worrying excessively about
    minor details and refusing to delegate tasks that they do not
    trust anyone else to perform.
    Contribution
    Painstaking, conscientious, anxious. Searches out errors and
    omissions. Delivers on time.
    Weaknesses
    Inclined to worry unduly. Reluctant to delegate.

    Belbin Team Roles

    Specialist
    Specialists are passionate about learning in their own
    particular field. As a result, they will have the
    greatest depth of knowledge, and enjoy imparting it
    to others. They are constantly improving their
    wisdom. If there is anything they do not know the
    answer to, they will happily go and find it. Specialists
    bring a high level of concentration, ability, and skill in
    their discipline to the team, but can only contribute
    on that narrow front and will tend to be uninterested
    in anything which lies outside its narrow confines.
    Contribution
    Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated. Provides
    knowledge and skills in rare supply.
    Weaknesses
    Contributes on only a narrow front. Dwells on
    technicalities.

    http://www.belbin.com/

    http://www.belbin.com/rte.asp?id=8

    http://www.teambuildingportal.com/articles/systems/belbin-tea
    m-roles
    http://www.srds.co.uk/cedtraining/handouts/hand40.htm

    http://www.kvaes.be/pm/belbins-tea
    m-roles/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Belbin

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    by Nikita Serzhantov BTK-91

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