Before either process or interpersonal dynamics begin to influence the effectiveness of the team, accountability expectations and group composition provide key determinants of the team's ultimate performance. Teams of greater than about five people present problems that extend beyond the difficulties of scheduling meetings. Some observers have facetiously noted that the collective intelligence of the group goes down as the group enlarges. To the extent that this happens, it stems from the complexity of conflicts involving multiple stakeholders, the dilution of accountability, and the difficulty of attaining trust and partnership as the group gets large. More consideration should be given to two-tier teams, with a core team of 3-5 people doing the central tasks of analysis and process redesign, functioning as an "executive" subunit of a larger group that provides stakeholder input and participates in less contentious activities such as brainstorming.
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