For the interview assignment in Team Dynamics, I chose to speak with Dan Kidd. He is a self-employed certified public accountant (CPA) living in Cullowhee, NC. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting in 1972 from the University of South Carolina. For the next five years, he earned his accounting degree and rose to senior management positions at an accounting firm. Except for a couple of years, he has been in private practice since 1977. Due to recent changes in professional standards, Kidd has also received the Chartered Global Management Accountant, (CGMA) credential which demonstrates that he has "achieved competence and leadership in management" (“Joint AICPA CIMA”, 2011)Mr. Kidd said his workplace has evolved over the years, mostly based on the amount of client work he had. From there, he said building a team is an ongoing process of matching his employees and their abilities to work that reflects appropriate pay with appropriate rates for customers. If a college-aged worker could enter data in the same way an accountant could, then it would be better for the client if the less experienced and therefore lower cost was charged for that part of the work. When asked about the makeup of his team of workers, Kidd said there are many factors to take into consideration. All weaknesses and strengths must be taken into account when deciding whether, where and how a person can work in the office. Workers need to have an understanding of the customer's business if they interact with them, as well as social skills that put them at ease. The focus must be on how personalities in an office create an organism. If someone performs a task well, but lacks important social skills, then they may be co... middle of paper ......ICPA, a joint venture CIMA would offer a new management accounting designation. (2011, March 3). Accounting Journal. Retrieved December 8, 2013, from http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Web/20113959.htmMindTools.com. (2013). Resolving Team Conflict: Building stronger teams by addressing their differences. [Online]. Available from: www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_79.htm. [Accessed: December 7, 2013].Sirgy, M.J., Efraty, D., Siegel, P., & Dong-Jin, L. (2001). A new measure of quality of work life (QWL) based on need satisfaction and spillover theories. Social Indicators Research, 55(3), 241-302. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/197620843?accountid=12381Wageman, R., Gardner, H., & Mortensen, M. (2012). The changing ecology of teams: New directions for team research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 301–315. doi:10.1002/work.1775