TCAS

3 pages             Group Dynamics and Teams

Introduction: Discuss the topic of the paper(Group Dynamics and Teams) and how you will approach it. It is best to write this section after you have written the rest of the paper.

Concrete Experience: Begin with a specific situation/event. Describe an experience with a group or team that was meaningful to you. Be objective and focus on just the facts: who, what, where, when, and how – as if you were composing a newspaper article.

Reflective Observation: Reflect upon that experience from multiple perspectives of persons involved or affected in the experience. 

Why did you behave the way that you did?

 Why did others behave the way that they did?

 Did others have the same positive (or negative) experience? 

Explain. (Note: your discussion of theories and models from the reference list belongs in the following section.)

Abstract Conceptualization: (This Abstract Conceptualization section is the “heart” of your paper). Explain how they apply to your experience. For example, what behavior patterns can you identify in yourself and others that are similar to the ones described in the material on communication, teams, and conflict management? 

Does the model of Force Field Analysis (in the reference list ) help you better understand why people behaved the way they did?

 Be sure to apply at least three concepts, theories, and/or models and cite all references to concepts, ideas, and/or quotes that you use from any outside source.

Active Experimentation: Identify ways to respond to the next occurrence of a similar experience. What have you learned about the way groups work from this analysis? What have you learned from your mistakes? How are you going to put what you have learned to use? What actions will you take to build more effective work teams in your job?

Conclusion: Sum up the main points of your analysis and the key learning you are taking from it.

Reference List: List all references that you have cited in the paper using APA formatting.

Tutor2u. (2016, April 22). Lewin’s force field analysis model [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ujAtYAfqU

Models of communication. (2016) Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Models_of_communication

Leader Logic. (2018, February 5). Johari Window example in 5 minutes [Video file]. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TUTc3h01oA

Chapman, A. (2016). Bruce Tuckman’s 1965 Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing team-development model. Retrieved from http://www.businessballs.com/tuckmanformingstormingnormingperforming.htm