Analysis of Ground Rules

  Write a minimum of 3 pages with team experiences you have had in which a team was effective and another in which it was not. Write a description of these teams and their tasks, paying particular attention to the behavioral expectations for which the team members held each other accountable.

o Describe how ground rules help an effective team perform and work well together.

o Analyze prospective differences in ground rules for team members and tensions that may result.

o Analyze how differences in unspoken ground rules and team members' expectations cause conflict and damage performance.

o Describe the effect of discussing ground rules as a method of team learning.

· Analyze applications of change management principles.

o Describe an effective team from a real-world experience, including the tasks of the team.

o Describe the ground rules applied in an effective team.

o Describe an ineffective team from a real-world experience, including the tasks of the team.

o Explain the spoken or unspoken ground rules that describe expectations for behavior in an ineffective team.