SOCW 6121
Assessing Group Process 5
Walden University
SOCW 6121 : Advanced Clinical Practice II
Assessing Group Process 5
Team Diagnostic Survey
According to Wageman, Hackman, and Lehman (2005), team effectiveness and success is
impacted by three key factors: the team members are a real team rather than a team in name only,
the team has a clear and consequential direction, and the team’s structure facilitates collective
work. To measure these conditions and their subconditions, London (2007) proposes the Team
Diagnostic Survey (TDS).
The Team Diagnostic Survey is designed so that it can be completed by team members
fluent in English in 20 minutes or less. All items use a 5-point scale ranging from highly
inaccurate (1) to highly accurate (5) (Wageman et al., 2005). By measuring several
subconditions for each condition, it generates a diagnostic profile of a team that can aid in
learning about the conditions that enhance team effectiveness even as they evaluate their own
team based on those conditions (Wageman et al., 2005). This paper will analyze the effectiveness
of my own task group by assessing each of the identified conditions per the Team Diagnostic
Survey.
Evaluation of Group B
Condition 1: Real Team
Real teams have three characteristics. They have clear boundaries that reliably distinguish
members from nonmembers (being bounded), members are interdependent for some common
purpose, and real teams have at least moderate stability of membership (London, 2007). The
TDS measures each of these subconditions.
Assessing Group Process 5
Walden University
SOCW 6121 : Advanced Clinical Practice II
Assessing Group Process 5
Team Diagnostic Survey
According to Wageman, Hackman, and Lehman (2005), team effectiveness and success is
impacted by three key factors: the team members are a real team rather than a team in name only,
the team has a clear and consequential direction, and the team’s structure facilitates collective
work. To measure these conditions and their subconditions, London (2007) proposes the Team
Diagnostic Survey (TDS).
The Team Diagnostic Survey is designed so that it can be completed by team members
fluent in English in 20 minutes or less. All items use a 5-point scale ranging from highly
inaccurate (1) to highly accurate (5) (Wageman et al., 2005). By measuring several
subconditions for each condition, it generates a diagnostic profile of a team that can aid in
learning about the conditions that enhance team effectiveness even as they evaluate their own
team based on those conditions (Wageman et al., 2005). This paper will analyze the effectiveness
of my own task group by assessing each of the identified conditions per the Team Diagnostic
Survey.
Evaluation of Group B
Condition 1: Real Team
Real teams have three characteristics. They have clear boundaries that reliably distinguish
members from nonmembers (being bounded), members are interdependent for some common
purpose, and real teams have at least moderate stability of membership (London, 2007). The
TDS measures each of these subconditions.
