Workplace Relationships

Workplace Relationships

August 05, 2005

Essay # 2 Responding to Case 3.3 Establishing Peer Accountability Is Not Easy

1. As a part of a team or addressing the issue in this particular case, I am going to express my views and feeling about peer accountability.

Answer: One of the biggest challenges and sources of frustration for both

supervisor's and co-workers is the area of team accountability and discipline.

Getting a group of individuals with various goals to abide by a common set of

standards and rules can be one of the toughest tasks for teams to tackle. While

most team mates may pledge their commitment in their words, it is another

thing to show it in their actions; often what is said is the opposite of what is

actually done. Teams that have trouble "walking the talk" have a difficult time

reaching their full potential. Without accountability or discipline, the team

sabotages itself due to jealousies, resentments, and conflicts. A sort of

selfishness arises with the team. However when teammates are accountable to

each