TEAM EFFECTIVENESS INVENTORY

This questionnaire is intended soley for the use of Wilf Ratzburg's students at BCIT

To what extent is there evidence of the following problems in your group?

Strongly Disagree

(1)

 Disagree

(2)

 Neutral

(3)

 Agree

(4)

 Strongly Agree

(5)

1. Everyone on my team knows exactly why the team does what it does.

2. The team leader consistently lets the team members know how we're doing on meeting our customers' expectations.

3. Everyone on my team has a significant amount of say or influence on decisions that affect his or her job.

4. If outsiders were to describe the way we communicate within our team, they would use such words as "open," "honest," "timely," and "two-way."

5. Team members have the skills they need to accomplish their roles within the team.

6. Everyone on the team knows and understands the team's priorities.

7. As a team, we work together to set clear, achievable, and appropriate goals.

8. I would rather have the team decide how to do something rather than have the team leader give step-by-step instructions.

9. As a team, we were able to work together to solve destructive conflicts rather than ignoring conflicts.

10. The role each member of the team is expected to play makes sense to whole team.

11. The team understands how it fits into the organization.

12. If my team doesn't reach a goal, I'm more interested in finding out why we have failed to meet the goal than I am in reprimanding the team members

13. The team has so much ownership of the work that, if necessary, we would offer to stay late to finish a job.

14. The team leader encourages every person of the team to be open and honest, even if people have to share information that goes against what the team leader would like to hear.

15. There is a good match between the capabilities and responsibilities of each person on the team.

16. Everyone on the team is working toward accomplishing the same thing.

17. The team has the support and resources it needs to meet customers expectations.

18. The team knows as much about what's going on in the organization as the team leader does, because the team leader always keeps everyone up-to-date.

19. The team leader believes that everyone on the team has something to contribute -- such as knowledge, skills, abilities, and information -- that is of value to all.

20. Team members clearly understand the team's unwritten rules of how to behave within the group.


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