1.Prepare a five to seven paragraph response explaining how if a project manager expects a team to exercise their own judgment, the project manager must provide the team with decision making experience. How can a project manager help the team to understand project conditions, share past experiences, and build a foundation for strategic thinking? How critical is it for the project manager's leadership to depend on the team's leadership? How can initial conflicts be used to turn around a bad situation? Use the Mann Gulch Fire case study.
2. Prepare a five to seven paragraph response based on this comment: "If you have made several problematic decisions in a row, be prepared to have your leadership questioned. What mistakes did Dodge make to cause his credibility to spiral downward with his team? What was his management style? Was it a style that fostered communication? Did it allow the team to make decisions? Did the group conform or practice groupthink that cost them their lives?