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What is the difference between "managing a team" and "building a team"?

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Question added by Obaid ur Rehman , HR Executive , Al Bahr Al Arabi Marine Engineering Services
Date Posted: 2017/05/21
Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

Building = creating (or strengthening) a team

Managing = running an existing team

lubna almasri
by lubna almasri , administrative assistant manager , Virtual World for export and import

Managing team = the team is existing

Building team = Does not exist

And looking for competencies

Hawa Toure
by Hawa Toure , HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER , BELLZONE HOLDING S.A

Building a team is working to put together a team to work on a project or in the same  department.

Managing a team is making an existing or a team you've put togeter to work on a project or in a department.

Mohammed Awad
by Mohammed Awad , Regional Supply Chain & Operations Director , Tamakkon Co.

Building is so hard as you would be looking for getting staff with acceptable experiences that you would seek.  Managing a team is more difficult as you want to make things happen and you need to be with them step-by-step.

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by Deleted user

Here are five tips for building and managing a team.

1. Have a clear goal. 

2. Hire the right people.

3. Communicate with team members.

4. Empower everyone to make decisions.

5. Engage the team with incentives and praise.

mujtaba zain alabdeen
by mujtaba zain alabdeen , Human Resources Assistant , Dajin for poultry

thanks for the invite

nice answers

Mohamed Niyas
by Mohamed Niyas , Branch Supervisor , Lulu International Exchange L.L.C

 Managing a team means to manage a group of people in all level of operational related works which leads to reach company's goal  in a financial organization.

Building a team means to form a group of  people who apt for that particular task which leads to reach company in profit.  in that particular industry.

Mark william
by Mark william , HR Team Leader , Orascom Construction

Managing a team is to Manage a group of trained employees that already have their experience.

while building a team is that you will search for candidates then start a training program that ends you with team you can manage to get the job done.

 

Mohamad Saleh Saleh
by Mohamad Saleh Saleh , High school teacher , Dar Jana International School

Team management includes organizing, motivating, developing and communicating withing the team members. However, building a team is about choosing the different skilled-members of the team that can work harmonly and consistently.  

Barzheen Ahmed
by Barzheen Ahmed , Cultural orientation trainer , IOM / international Organisation for migration

Managing a team means coaching a group of trained team that already exist , leading them to reach a specific target 

Building a team means selecting individuals , training them , and then give them tasks  to achieve.

In both conditions there is a need of a highly committed person to manage and build 

Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani
by Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani , Snr. HR & Finance Officer , Sarri Zawetta Company

Thanks

Building team is to establish new team from Zero level team members, team supervisor, team leader with all process which accompainging this step.

Managing team, is to put a process to plan, organize, direct, and control, and motivate a certain and already existed team to hit assigned target

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