Case Analysis

Introduction – Decision time

The coach of the Army crew team was frustrated because the Varsity team was losing frequently against the Junior Varsity team during practice races. Now it was just one week before the culmination of National championship race and the coach had to make a decision.

Issues

* Lack of Leadership: The selection process strictly based on physical strength and capabilities, not on psychological factors.

* Lack of Goal: The team did not have clear direction. They were more focused on individual goals of person success rather than team’s success.

* Lack of communication: The rowers worked as an individual rather than a team. There was no proper communication during the conflicts.

* Lack of trust: There was no sense of trust among the rowers.

The SWOT analysis (V Boat)

Strengths:

* Physically prepared varsity team

* Individually skilled members

Weakness:

* Lack of cohesion, adaptability

* Lack of a leadership

* Team spirit amongst varsity team members.

Opportunities:

* The varsity team can still develop team spirit and individual talents can be leveraged fruitfully to perform as a team.

* JV team can work on their individual performances.

* Coach P can have two good physically and psychologically prepared teams to participate.

Threats:

* Lack of trust and team identity

* Shortage of time before the competitions

* Unwillingness to swap teams

* Ego and attitude problems for some members

* Loss of confidence before the competition for the varsity team

Case analysis

The Junior Varsity and Varsity crew differ from each other in terms of physical and psychological aspects. The positive and never say die attitude of the Junior varsity teams is clearly visible from their team performance. By making good use of their complementary skills and team spirit they keep on getting the better of the Varsity team’s lack of trust.

If we look in to the case we can observe that there...