Assignment: Managing Team Issues
Use effective communication techniques.
Use team and problem-solving skills to collaborate on a project.
Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next week.
This is the info you need for the Outline:
Managing Team Issues
6-8 slides (excluding title and reference slides) and speaker notes of at least 250 words per slide
Apply principles, concepts, and techniques from the course to case studies and exercises.
Analyze personal, professional, and organizational issues as they relate to diversity.
Examine the various stages of team development and how to build trust among a team.
Discuss team building and various approaches towards building high performing teams.
Recognize various approaches to dealing with conflict.
Assess his/her capacity to manage problems, group think, conformity, and conflict.
Assignment Description
A key component of an effective workplace is the ability of the groups to successfully collaborate. Choose a work group within your organization. Using a model of organizational improvement, plan a development project for this group. Include responses to the following in your presentation:
- Describe the group, its purpose (work function), how this group fits into the overall organization, its reporting relationships, and its key stakeholders.
- How will you gather data (interviews, questionnaires, or group discussions) from the group and any key stakeholders?
- Describe the type of data that you will need to design your development plan.
- How will you diagnose the level of functioning for the group?
- Give a few examples of developmental activities that you would use for various levels of functioning that are based on your diagnosis.
- How would you communicate the progress of the group to both group members and key stakeholders?
You must include a minimum of 4 scholarly references.