WEEK 3What Constitutes a Team? (graded)Focusing on the material related to team building, compare and contrast this MGMT591 session with a team that you are familiar with. In what aspects does the class resemble a team? Are there parallels between the stages of team development and the progression of our class? What type of team formatioA Lesson in Team Building (graded)One of your Facebook friends has posted this note.Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and for myself, but I have been a technical design engineer for 4 years since graduating from college. I have never managed anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will be very good at creating lots of teamwork. Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! You immediately start to formulate your recommendations. What are the three key things you will advise her to do, and why those three first?n is going on in this classroom? Does the notion of social loafing apply to our class in any respect?Please be specific in your examples, and support your opinion with evidence from the text.WEEK 4Conflict and Negotiation (graded)Research on the Internet (and provide the reference) a recent situation where a fundamental conflict or disagreement occurred within a group setting. How was the conflict resolved (if at all)? What resolution methods were used in order to resolve the issue? Learning from the conflict resolution methods presented this week, what methods would you have implemented and used in this situation and why? Organizational Communication (graded)It seems common in many of todays workplaces that people dont actually talk to one another frequently. We rely on e-mail or the even less rich communication channel of text messaging. The benefits of moving lots of information quickly around an organization and between individuals are real. However, people can too frequently hide behind their computers and send messages electronically that they might otherwise censor or rethink in face-to-face communication. What approaches would you recommend or implement as a new manager taking over an organization to improve communications without abandoning the use of e-mail?Focusing on the material related to team building, compare and contrast this MGMT591 session with a team that you are familiar with. In what aspects does the class resemble a team? Are there parallels between the stages of team development and the progression of our class? What type of team formatioOne of your Facebook friends has posted this note.Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and for myself, but I have been a technical design engineer for 4 years since graduating from college. I have never managed anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will be very good at creating lots of teamwork. Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! You immediately start to formulate your recommendations. What are the three key things you will advise her to do, and why those three first?n is going on in this classroom? Does the notion of social loafing apply to our class in any respect?Please be specific in your examples, and support your opinion with evidence from the text.
