Team composition(Team effectiveness parts),”• Knowledge, skills and abilities. Research shows that different skills are required in a team in order to be effective à Technical expertise, Problem-solving anddecision-making skills and interpersonal skills.• Personality. Personality influences individual behaviour.• Allocating roles. It is important for managers to understand the individual strengths a person will bring to a team and select team members with those strengths in mind to ensure that these roles are filled.• Diversity. – some argue that diversity has negative effects on team performance, however

Team composition(Team effectiveness parts),”• Knowledge, skills and abilities. Research shows that different skills are required in a team in order to be effective à Technical expertise, Problem-solving anddecision-making skills and interpersonal skills.• Personality. Personality influences individual behaviour.• Allocating roles. It is important for managers to understand the individual strengths a person will bring to a team and select team members with those strengths in mind to ensure that these roles are filled.• Diversity. – some argue that diversity has negative effects on team performance, however

this declines over time. • Size of teams. The most effective teams have five to nine members.• Member flexibility• Member preferences. Some people don’t like to work in a team.”