HMGT 495 CASESTYDY 2

CORE VALUES

One of the benefits of this process is that it allows the team’s most important commitments to emerge.

For teams who work together regularly, the first time the team uses this process an initial set of values will be defined. This list can become a starting point for future exercises, where the team’s sense of each of these values can be solidified, and what the values mean for the group can be further specified.

The group may choose to organize the value statements that emerge in Step 5 according to themes, using the worksheet on page 40. To do this, the group should:

Identify a value theme to the left of the detailed value descriptions.

Group/sort the value statements according to value theme (see Sample 2).

Use the value themes as the guiding values in the table in Step 6 (see Sample 3).

The list of values will likely expand as the team explores issues with slightly different contextual features.

Over time, a set of core commitments will emerge that can guide the team when facing an issue in the heat of the moment.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

• Recognize that the challenge with value words by themselves (such as “respect for dignity”, “efficiency”, etc.) is that different people can interpret these terms differently. The detailed descriptions tied to each value in Step 4 become the way that this group specifies the meaning of that term.

• As the value word is used in the future, both within the group and in external communication, be sure to clarify what the group means using the more descriptive value statements.

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