Study No. 2
The purpose of the study by Sulaiman, Mahbob and Hassan (2012) was to determine the effectiveness of the function of human resource team building by examining three main factors: (a) task oriented roles factor, (b) relationship oriented roles factor and (c) self oriented roles factor among 150 ancillary staff members at the National University of Malaysia. The authors describe the inextricable relationship between efficient organizations and effective organizational leadership and stress the need for team building to improve relations between management and staff.
In their statement of the problem, the authors describe several tangential problems associated with human resource management but do not explicitly state what problem they are investigating in this study. In addition, the Malaysian authors did misuse some English words and phrases (i.e., "ancillary staffs" and "personalia relationship") but overall they present a well-comprehended analysis of the importance of team-building for organizations of all sizes and types. The researchers did provide a comprehensible...
In addition, the authors reviewed the relevant literature concerning group communications in general but failed to include any specifics concerning human resource team-building from previous studies. These researchers also discussed their findings before describing the methodology they used, and the description of the methodology that was provided did not specify what statistical tests were used. The researchers generally concluded that team-building is important in civil service settings, but were vague in explaining how they arrived at their conclusions.
References
Senecal, J., Loughead, T.M. & Bloom, G.A. (2008). A season-long team-building intervention:
Examining the effect of team goal setting on cohesion. Journal of Sport & Exercise
Psychology, 2008, 30, 186-199.
Sulaiman, W.I., Mahbob, M.H. & Hassan, B.R. (2012, April). An analysis on the effectiveness of team building: The impact on human resources. Asian Social Science, 8(5), 29-39.
