Question

Provide three examples of team building activities and list advantages and disadvantages of each.

Answer 1

Below are the three examples of team building activities.

1. Chinese whispers:

In the activity called chineese wispers, the first member of the team will tell some random sentence secretly without repeating again, similarly the 2nd member should tell that sentence to the adjacent or next member secretly without repeating. Hence the game continues. Final sentence is analyser from the last member to validate the correct sentence.

Advantages: It helps to learn about the communication process between the team members. Team members can also learn about impacts of miscommunication.

Disadvantages: it is a time consuming process. This activity may into clashes.

2. Tug of war:

tug of war activity contains a two team where each team have to stand by each end of rope. Once the game starts teams should start pull the rope. Based on the rope crosses the mark instructed by instructor. Winner and runner team will be decided.

Advantages: It helps the team members to learn about how important is each members in team do their specific roles.

Disadvantges: chances of physical hurt to team members while organizing the activity.

3. Blind drawing:

This activity need set of people in which one member of team have to draw the picture described by their team members.

Advatages: It helps the team members to understand better and enhances the communication process, trust between the members.

Disadvatges: It is time consuming process and a costlier process.

Some of the general advantages and disadvantages of team building activities.

Advantages:

• Increases the understanding between the team members
• Enhances the productivity
• Ease the team jobs/tasks
• Enhances the communication process
• Enhances the self efficiency and trust among the team members.

Disadvantages:

• Costlier process
• Short term in nature
• Need more time to become comfortable with the team members.
• Rate of conflicts are high in team building activities.

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