Writing Assignment & Discussion
liz11
unit8final.docxBell, A.H. and Smith, D.M. (2011). Learning Team Skills (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 978-0-13-715259.
View lecture: It’s us against them! The dangers of division Reading assignments: Read Chapter10 on “Networking, Social Capital, and Integrating across Teams,” and Chapter12 on “Inter team Relations” from Making the Team. Read Chapter 10 on “Developing Intercultural Teams” from Learning Team Skills Read Chapter 11from Team weaver Read Revelation 7:9
· Complete Exercise 6 from Chapter 2 of the Learning Team Skills text for a face to face team, and your project team for this course. What effect did the virtual format have on your participation rate? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
· Complete Exhibit 12-2 and Exhibit 13-3 in the Thompson text. How do those scores help you examine your own assumptions and behaviors in preparing for membership on an intercultural team?
FinalPaperThe Final Paperconsists of aninformal proposal to improve team leadershipdevelopmenttraining for either your organization or an organization of your choice.The paperis due Saturday (Day 7) of Unit8.Itwill be evaluated using the FinalPaper rubric (Appendix A).Use the texts and at least four academicjournal articles asthe general guideline for preparing your analysisand approach. Your paper should include recommendations for improvement for training team leaders and suggestions for implementation of the recommendations.
Prepare the portfoliopaper using the following guidelines:A minimum of 10 pagesnot to exceed 15, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, using APA standardTitle page, including title of paper, your name, course name and course number, date of submission(Page 1)A minimum of 8 pages(Pages 2-13)o Introduction of the need for Team Leadership training
Diagnosis of problems and potential solutions in team leadershipoDiscussion of current research on improving team effectiveness Include Communication, Conflict, Creativity, and CultureoDiscussion of evaluation of training effectivenessoBrief summary of the biblical implicationsoProposed syllabus for the training ( 1 –2 pages)A reference page(Pages 14-15)A minimum of 10 references are required, including the two texts, The Holy Bible, books and articles from academic sources (OnlineLibrary), and other periodicals.
Unit 8 Discussion Forum 1
Complete Exercise 6 from Chapter 2 of the Learning Team Skills text for a face to face team, and your project team for this course. What effect did the virtual format have on your participation rate? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
Unit 8 Discussion Forum 2
Complete Exhibit 12-1 and Exhibit 13-5 in the Thompson text. How do those scores help you examine your own assumptions and behaviors in preparing for membership on an intercultural team? m?
