Team Decision Making
ghostpowerThe impact of conformity has many harmful effects on humanity. Typically, various levels of management make decisions impacting many teams. As a result, the teams perceive a lack of choice in the decisions, and they are left only with the choices on implementation. This creates a significant context of conformity and causes resistance and significant implementation challenges.
Select one of the teams that you identified for the week 1 final project. Seek approval from the instructor early in the week if a different team is needed for the project. Using the selected team (Company: Amazon) its larger organizational context, create a process allowing all stakeholders to be engaged in decision-making. Be sure to consider the following:
- Who are the key stakeholders in a decision? How do you identify them?
- How does a leader elicit input from stakeholders so the decision builds upon the collective wisdom of the team?
- Describe some ways to make sure you obtain authentic commitment from team members.
- How can you create an accountability structure ensuring the efficient implementation of a decision made by the group?
The final paragraph of your post (3 to 4 sentences) should summarize the one or two main points that you are attempting to make in your post.
Provide a substantive (500–1,000 words) initial discussion post addressing each of the components as prompted. Justify your answers with examples, reasoning, and research.
Submission Details:
Due by 11/7/24 at 10pm CST
Requirements:
1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Butterfield, J. (2017). Teamwork and Team Building (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN: 9781337119276
2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin
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