Effective Team Selection Strategies for Southwest Transit Management

SOUTH WEST TRANSIT Keisha Berkeley Grand Canyon University MGT-605 TC Elliott

FINAL TEAM SELECTION Natalie • Strong Communication Skills • Natural Leader • Competitive Elizabeth • Flexible Management Style • Company Loyalty • Detailed Oriented William • Project Management • Critical Thinking • Motivational Leader Katelyn • Self Driven • Detailed Oriented • Enjoys a Challenge

TEAM SELECTION CRITERIA • Leadership Experience • Communication Skills • Collaborative Skills • Ability of Flexibility • Creativity

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TEAM SWOT Strength • Problem Solving • Communication Skills • Detailed-oriented Weakness • Passive-aggressive Attitudes • Time Management • High Standards Opportunity • Learning New Skills • Diversity • Self-management Threats • Stubborn Teammates • Time Crunch • Wrong Prioritization

POTENTIAL MEMBERS Susan Strength: • Team Player Weakness: • New employee with minimum company knowledge Bob Strength: • Company Loyalty Weakness: • Takes on too many task which produces poor work quality

EFFECTIVE STRATEGY Motivating the Team • Timeline: the team will have a clear understanding on what needs to be completed and when ( Bjarnason et al.,) • Goal Setting: This will help the team see where they need to be and aid in creating an effective plan on how to get there ( Griffin et al., 2020) Managing Conflict • Documenting: Will help the team have open communication while understanding where each other are coming from ( Griffin et al., 2020) • Smoothing: This will remind the team of why and what they are working towards ( Griffin et al., 2020)

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EFFECTIVE STRATEGY Ensuring Success • Time Management : The team needs a plan to ensure that there will be enough time to complete an effective project • Communication: The team needs to keep communication open so they can collaborative and understand each other persepective Fostering Collaboration • Leverage Strengths: Team members delegating parts of the project to highlight each other’s skills • Build Cohesion: Being a smaller team it is important for everyone to make decisions together and understand the outcome

CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM ( MACKEY, 2011) Conscious Leadershi p Southwest Transit wants their employees to succeed and work together to not only help themselves but the company as a whole Stakehold er Orientatio n With an effective campaign Southwest Transit will be able to keep their commitment of low fares to its consumers Conscious Culture The team’s effort in this project will align with the mission and show that Southwest Transit wants more people to be able to travel at an affordable price Higher Purpos e Southwest Transit was started for more people to travel at affordable fares this team will be able to include throughout the project to highlight the customers importance

STAKEHOLDER’S VALUE Southwest Transit can do a tour of a new aircraft for their stakeholders to let them feel more welcome. With conscious leadership, Stakeholder orientation, conscious Culture, and higher purpose Southwest Transit will continue to hold the high value reputation the consumer has experienced all along

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BUSINESS IMPACT Internal • Southwest Transit will not have to lay-off any of their employees and will be able to increase business because of the new aircraft External • Southwest Transit will be able to maintain their consumer base while gaining new consumers

REFERENCES Bjarnason, E., Hess, A., Berntsson Svensson, R., Regnell, B., & Doerr, J. (2014). Reflecting on Evidence-Based Timeines. IEEE Software, 31 (4), 37-43 https;//doi-org.opes.idm.oclc/10.1109/MS.2014.26 Griffin, R.W., Phillips, J.M., & Gully , S.M. (2020). Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations (13 th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. Mackey, J. (2011). What Conscious Capitalism Really Is. California Management Review, 53(3), 83-90. https;//doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1525/cmr.2011.53.3.83

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