Team Effectiveness: A Case Study of a Fast-Growing Private Educational Organization in the UAE
This study attempts to investigate the effectivenes s of grade-level teams within Emirates Internationa l Academy ‐ EIA (pseudonym), a fast-accelerating private educ ational organization in the UAE, using a questionna ire survey. In order to determine the characteristics a nd elements of an effective team and, thus, formula te specific research questions, Mickan and Roger (2000) is adopted for further study and compared with other liter ature prior to conducting the empirical study. This resea rch is quantitative in nature and arrives at conclu sions in an inductive manner, thus generalize the findings on s imilar organizations operating in the UAE. It is ob served that the grade-level teams within EIA achieve goals that link with the purpose of the Academy and most of t he teams, in general, are effective but do not have sufficien t performance feedback opportunities for development. In order to increase the overall team effectiveness, senior leadership and team leaders are recommended to provide and encourage opportunities for teams to reflect upon s elf- and group- performance.