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leadership. In all aspects, leaders must organise with a purpose clearly
in mind at all times.
Leaders should consider their organising skills by reference to the
Task,Team and Individual as follows:

• Task: is there a common purpose?
• is it broken down into aims and objectives?
• how is it/are they communicated?
• Team: what are the teams/sub-teams?
• how do they contribute to the purpose?
• do they relate together as a team?
• Individual: do they have freedom and discretion?
• are individual needs being met?

Further questions in surveying your organisation are :

• Do the Task/Team/Individual circles overlap sufficiently to
provide and maintain high morale in the face of difficulties?
• How are tensions resolved and are there adequate systems /
disciplinary procedures/dispute handling methods in place?

The size of working teams/groups should be examined to assess the
importance of these factors:
• Task/technology – complexity narrows the span of control, ie.
is the team too big to control/handle this aspect and does it mesh
properly with other teams?
• Communications – especially with geographical/physical
dispersement, are they good enough?
• Motivation and autonomy – is the training commensurate with
any wishes to be self-sufficient?
• Competence of leaders – are large teams led by good enough
leaders, what are the leader’s other commitments and does
he/she have good/specialist support?

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