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BSL 4060-14F-6A19-S1, Team Building and Leadership

Unit VIII

Unit 8 Introduction--Your

Final Week!!

Unit 8 Learning Objectives and Leaving With A Competitive Advantage

Congrats!

You’ve made it! Well done! I applaud everyone of you for your effort and determination. You met the challenges of this course, and are ready to move forward to the next course, graduation, next academic level or your next set of goals that you set for yourself. Before you leave I want to remind you about being competitive.

You always want to seek a Competitive Advantage. Look at the picture. What does it communicate?

Ask yourself this: “Am I the figure in gold or gray?” If you’re gold…what did it take to get there? If you’re gray, why are you there? Competitive advantage is doing things better than the other person. Think about athletes, how do they get better? Well, they train harder, they lift weights, do plyometrics, yoga, strength training, and more. Think about how you can gain a competitive advantage in your job, and what it takes to be out in front.

Having been a CEO I can tell you this the people that were promoted, advanced with responsibility, received awards, and pay increases contributed more to the organization. They didn’t complain or look for handouts. They developed more skill sets then others, and they volunteered. Bosses love it when you volunteer for extra work and projects. Yes, trust me. Those I promoted gave more to the organization than others, and they left their competition in the dust.

Good luck in your future classes, it was a pleasure having you in class.

Dr Anderson

This final week you want to reflect on your previous 7 weeks of material. What are your takeaways? What was the biggest influence to you over the course? What can you apply to your daily life, work, etc to be more productive, competitive and a better team player by communicating better. Review the second picture. What do you see? What you see in an abstract concept is this weeks objectives: Describe team- building activities leaders can incorporate for better managing internal teams and interorganizational alliances. Predict major challenges teams will face in the future, and the need for teamwork will remain high in the future. Finally the work activities that will require a team for task completion.

Unit 8 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this unit, students

should be able to:

5. Describe team-building activities

leaders can incorporate for better

managing internal teams and

interorganizational alliances.

8. Predict major challenges teams will

face in the future.

8.1 Explain why the need for teamwork

will remain high in the future.

8.2 Describe work activities that will

require a team for task completion.

3.1 Describe advances in organizational

diversity developed from legislation.

3.2 Explain paradigm shifts in

organizational environments from

increased diversity legislation

Unit VIII Study Guide

Click the link above to open the unit study guide, which contains this unit's lesson and reading assignment(s). This information is necessary in order to complete this course.

Unit VIII Discussion Board

Weight: 2% of course grade

Grading Rubric

Comment Due: Saturday, 07/20/2019

11:59 PM (CST)

Response Due: Tuesday, 07/23/2019

11:59 PM (CST)

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Unit VIII Article Critique

Weight: 15% of course grade

Grading Rubric

Due: Tuesday, 07/23/2019 11:59 PM

(CST)

Instructions

Resources

Citation Guide

CSU Online Library Research

Guide

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Select a current, professional journal article

that is at least three pages in length. You

must write a critical assessment of this

article for this assignment. Keep in mind,

the research databases found in the CSU

Online Library are a great source for quick

exploration of thousands of articles.

In preparation, follow the guidelines

established below:

Find an article (that is less than five years

old) that pertains to the important issues

leaders or consultants will face when

working with various types of teams, and

discuss what methods are best to use for

developing better teams for the future. Be

sure to annotate the author's main points

and thesis statement in your own words.

The critique should be approximately three

pages in length (not counting the title and

reference pages). The assignment is due at

the completion of Unit VIII. Plan early to

avoid missing the deadline.

Part I: Introduction

Start the critique with the following

information: the author's name, the article

title, and the author's thesis statement.

Part II: Summary

Summarize the author's purpose and main

points, providing examples for clarity of

understanding the author's intended

implications. Share key topics that support

the author's focus for this article. Provide

ample details to enlighten the reader as to

what the article is implying for audiences

who are seeking research data in regards to

team building and/or the different types of

teams (e.g., virtual, temporary, traditional, or

innovative).

Part III: Review and Evaluate

To critically review the article, ask the

following questions: What are the

credentials/areas of expertise of the author?

Did the author use appropriate methods to

gather the evidence? Did the author use

accurate evidence? Does the author's use

and interpretation of this evidence lead the

reader to the same conclusion? Did the

author build a logical argument? Is there

other evidence that would support a

counterargument? Was the author

successful in making his/her point?

Part IV: Conclusion

State whether you agree with the author or

not. Back up your decisions by stating your

reasons. Give a general opinion of the work.

Explain what you learned from reading the

article and if you would recommend it to a

friend/coworker.

Part V: Application

Predict some of the major challenges that

teams will face in the future, and explain

why the need for teamwork will remain high

as it relates to the article. Identify a team-

building activity that may be useful for

managing teams in the future, and explain

why.

Format your paper using APA style. Refer to

the resources provided in the Student

Portal. Use your own words and

expressions to write the critique. Include

citations and references as needed to avoid

plagiarism. The paper should consist of

three pages of body paragraphs, one title

page, and one reference page (as the final

page).

The following resource(s) may help you with

this assignment.

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