

It is here important to distinguish between Functional Roles and Team Roles, as they each play a very different but also crucial role in the context of a team. The aim of this article is to describe and understand how and why Belbin's Team Roles can be used in practice in regard to Project Management, as this will improve effectiveness within existing and new teams.įirstly, the history of Meredith Belbin's theory is described in order to understand the development of the nine-team roles. 3.3 An example of Team Roles in combination with project phases.3.2 Benefits of identifying Belbin's Team Roles.


