ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Team formation, development and management
A newly formed team has a strong ideas person, a person who turns ideas into practical plans, a person who checks details and corrects errors, but nobody who coordinates the team or chases others to finish tasks. Under Belbin's team roles, which two roles are most clearly missing?
Coordinator and Shaper are missing. The team already has a Plant for ideas, an Implementer for practical plans and a Completer Finisher for checking details. Nobody coordinates and delegates, which is the Coordinator's role, or drives the team and pushes others to finish, which is the Shaper's role.
- APlant and Specialist
- BCoordinator and Implementer
- CCoordinator and ShaperCorrect
- DMonitor Evaluator and Completer Finisher
Explanation
The ideas person is a Plant, the planner is an Implementer, and the detail checker is a Completer Finisher. Missing are the Coordinator, who organises and delegates, and the Shaper, who drives the team and pushes others to complete tasks. Implementer is already present, so option B is wrong.
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