Three tasks (5 page paper, 8 slide power point with speaker notes, 3-5 page paper)

Task 3 Instructions

Write a paper (suggested length of 3- 5 pages) in which you reflect upon your experience with your virtual team by doing the following:

1.  Explain what functions each individual performed in his or her team role.

 

Note: You may use frameworks provided by Benne and Sheats or Belbin to guide your explanation.

 

 

a.  Discuss how a strength of one team member affected the team. (The level of organization of this team member was excellent and allowed for the team to stay very organized and on time with each and every task)

b.  Discuss how a weakness of one team member affected the team. (not really any weaknesses, so if I had to say anything it was that our strengths outweighed any weakness we might have had.)

i.  Discuss how to mitigate the weakness of that team member. (we did not have to mitigate any weaknesses)

2.  Evaluate the team’s communication practices.

a.  Describe how the team solicited individual feedback and communicated among team members. (we used email, texts and conference calls to communicate. Feedback was given openly between the group)

3.  Evaluate how the team built collaboration. ( all coloboration was done during our conference calls twice a week and through group texts messages when urgent issues were needed to be addressed.)

4.  Evaluate how the team managed or planned to manage conflicts. (if conflict arose we discussed this on the conference calls)

5.  Explain the team’s decision-making process. (we bring up the topic, issues or task and discussed it collectively with the group and made a consensus decision)

6.  Discuss the various stages of team development as it relates to what your team experienced. (our team worked so well together the stages were very short. We brought up the task and completed it quickly and without conflict)

 

Note: You may use Tuckman’s model to guide your discussion.

 

7.  Explain how team members used power bases and influence to achieve team objectives.

 

8.  Discuss at least two strengths and at least two weaknesses of your team as a whole.

a.  Recommend at least two ways the team could have improved its overall performance.

i.  Justify your recommendation of the two ways the team could have improved its overall performance.

 

D.  When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.