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Team management and group motivation – selected elements aiming at increasing team effectiveness 
The literature on the subject provides numerous suggestions for motivating the project team. Examples include 
research by E. Sundstrom. One of the most important factors influencing people’s motivation to work are finances 
(small salary increases or bonuses)
[6]. Motivating is influenced by needs of a group and tailoring of activities to their 
expectations and skills. Consequently, another way of motivating employees is to change their duties
[3].
Teamwork is a basic form of work, understood as bringing members of an organization together in a work 
process, with established goals and tasks. It is worth adding that effective teams are not created by accident. 
Consequently, it is necessary to clarify the goal and the analysis of team work in relation to a management method 
(Table 8). According to Sundstrom, well-designed teams promote creativity, extraordinary results, and quick and 
flexible response to customer needs [39]. 
Table 8 
Teamwork goals and analysis in relation to the management method 
Feature 
Analysis 
Management method 
Improvement of quality, 
reduction of shortages and absences. 
What was the purpose and meaning of 
today's meeting? 
Increasing the product quality. 
Determining the hierarchy of tasks by each 
employee (including managers), willingness 
to help colleagues in work-related problems. 
What was it for?
Raising the level of product quality. 
Each employee is able to support others by. 
Who was supporting them?
Increased employee satisfaction due to 
less strenuous work. 
Reduction of problems with "blocking" 
when new products are being launched. 
What has it interrupted? / Who was 
interrupting the meeting?
Reducing the time needed to hand over 
the product. 
What conclusions can we draw: for our 
team and for an individual member?
Increase in the project team efficiency. 
Source: own study after: D.P. Schultz, S.E. Schultz, Psychologia a wyzwania dzisiejszej pracy, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 
Warszawa 2002, p. 257.
Managing people in a team is a process that ensures the most effective use of the resources of people involved 
in a project. This also applies to the project's stakeholders, including: clients, sponsors and partners [18].