Quality of Life (Banja Luka) 5(1-2): 5-18

INTEGRAL MODEL FOR DISTRIBUTING FUNCTIONAL ROLES WITHIN A WORKING TEAM

BETI ANDONOVIC¹, MARINA SPASOVSKA², MISHELA TEMKOV¹, ALEKSANDAR DIMITROV^1
1Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, “St. Cyril and Methodius” University, Skopje, R. Macedonia,
e-mail: beti@tmf.ukim.edu.mk ²“Ljuben Lape” elementary school, Skopje, R. Macedonia

Abstract: Long-term and short-term efficiency and effectiveness of a working team depend on an optimal Roles distribution within it. Therefore, having a model which enables such corresponding distribution is of a high interest to any quality manager. Two main concepts, the Roles concept of Adizes and Working styles concept of Julie Hay, are involved to create an integral model with an original approach to the Roles distribution in any working team. The greatest advantage of this model is that it is predictive instead of experiential: it makes it possible to make a corresponding Roles distribution in advance within the team, without previously monitoring the activities of the potential team members. A discussion to the relation between the possible outcomes and the level of prediction is given. Furthermore, an application of the integral model in an organization is presented. The application is rather simple and is very informative of the working behavior style of those to whom it is applied. The results and outcome from the model are compared to the results from Adizes questionnaire. Limitations to the application are pointed out. Finally, a managing team in the organization is proposed.

Keywords: integral model, roles distribution, working styles, teamwork, managing team