Assessment instructions:

Think of a team experience you have had in which the team was effective. Write a description of this team and its tasks, paying particular attention to the behavioral expectations for which the team members held each other accountable (these might have been spoken or unspoken). List the ground rules and describe how the rules helped the team perform and work well together.

Think of an team experience you have had in which the team was not effective. Write a description of this team and its tasks, including the spoken or unspoken ground rules that describe the expectations for behavior on this team. Examine the possibility that some members held ground rules that others did not. How might this have been a source of tension? Analyze how this difference in what is expected of team members caused conflict and damaged performance. What effect could a dialogue about ground rules as a method of team learning have had for this group?.

The assessment should include: in a minimum of 2 pages

- Analyzes an effective team from a real-world experience, including the tasks of the team; and links analysis with discipline theories.

- Describes the ground rules applied in an effective team and describes the consequences of not utilizing ground rules for team effectiveness.

- Describes how ground rules help an effective team perform and work well together; and describes consequences of a dysfunctional team, in regard to their performance and collegiality.

- Analyzes an ineffective team from a real-world experience, including the tasks of the team; and supports statements with relevant real-world examples.

- Explains the spoken or unspoken ground rules that describe expectations for behavior in an ineffective team; and describes consequences of misunderstanding spoken and unspoken ground rules on team effectiveness.

- Analyzes prospective differences in ground rules for team members and tensions that may result; and recommends strategies for preventing potential tension in an effective team.

- Analyzes how the differences in unspoken ground rules and team members' expectations cause conflict and damage performance; and recommends strategies for preventing potential conflict and damage to team performance.

- Analyzes the effect of discussing ground rules as a method of team learning; and recommends strategies for implementing results of ground rule discussions.

Attachment:- Planning Change.rar