Team Management Systems

Team Management Systems ( TMS ) is a system of organizational and personnel development developed by the Australian scientists Charles Margerison and Dick McCann in the mid - 1980s. The basis is a self-describing personality test (also called TMP - Team Management Profile ) with statements on decision-making, information processing, organizational and communication behavior. TMS International Inc. , headquartered in Brisbane, holds the worldwide rights to TMS .

History

Charles Margerison and Dick McCann developed the basic models and instruments of TMS between 1985 and 1988 within the framework of research and consulting activities at the University of Queensland.[1] In the following, the Institute of Team Management Studies (ITMS) in Brisbane systematically analyzed and documented the empirical research results. It had in 2003 a data base of the anonymized statements and data of more than 151,000 executives and team members from over 160 countries in Asia , America and Europe , which is constantly being expanded.

In a further development of the theoretical concepts of Carl Gustav Jung and of the Myers-Briggs-Type-Indicator (now known as the MBTI Assessment ), the model of work preferences ( " Types of Work Preferences" ) was developed.[2] At the same time, it was empirically established that the MBTI itself is not suitable for the production of this connection, since behaviors often differ fundamentally in the workplace and outside the working environment. To this end, the scientists Charles Margerison and Dick McCann developed a questionnaire for the so - called TMP team management profile , Which allows workers to identify their work preferences in the area of ​​the eight work functions.[3]

Since 1995, the ITMS has published the scientific research data of more than 303,000 interviews from more than 190 countries and in more than 20 languages ​​in a comprehensive Research Manual, at regular intervals (most recently in November 2010) .

Application

The basis for the application of the team management system is a standard profile profile with 60 questions, which must be answered by every team member. The responses are used to draw up a report on the workspaces of each person, which should allow a better assignment of the tasks in a team.[4]

The team management system is based on the assumption that each team is divided into eight so-called work functions in order to work successfully: Promoting, developing, organizing, implementing, monitoring, stabilizing, consulting and innovating. These are assigned to the employees and divided again into the four so-called work preferences explorers, organizers, controllers and consultants. They represent a kind of role that every person of a team wants to take and can perform preferably according to their personality profile.[4]

The so-called Linking Skills of the Team Management System define the central management tasks and functions which each member of a team can develop in order to connect the previously worked out team roles. A total of 13 skills such as Active Listening or Delegation are named.[4]

References

  1. ↑ About TMS, TMS Global Website. Abgerufen am 15. Mai 2013.
  2. ↑ The Concepts: Work Preferences, TMS Global Website. Abgerufen am 15. Mai 2013.
  3. ↑ Jenny Schubert (2008-06-09). "Teamentwicklung mit dem Team Management System" (PDF) (in German). Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen. Retrieved 2013-05-15. 609 KB
  4. 1 2 3 Das Team Management Profil im Überblick, Business Navigatoren. Abgerufen am 22. Mai 2013. (PDF, 2,1 MB)

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