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Assignment 2 Details and Rubric

Unit 4 Assignment 2: Team Assignment

This short multimedia video describes the Unit 4 Assignment and offers guidance on how to proceed during the unit. This document is the full text of the multimedia video.

Virtual Team Best Practices

Virtual Team Success (DeRosa and Lepsinger, 2010) is based on a 2008 study conducted by the authors involving 48 virtual teams in 16 organizations, spanning several industries. As a result, the book is linked to research and appropriate for graduate studies (details of the study are provided in the appendix). Statistics cited in many of the chapters are taken from this study.

At the same time, the authors have attempted to write the book for practitioners. It is written to be a go- to guide for managers and leaders. Each chapter stands alone. You can turn directly to a chapter that addresses an immediate need or interest. Note in the Introduction on page xxvii that there is a quick reference guide for using the book. You can find a challenge or question of interest and turn directly to that chapter.

The book will be used as a text in GM500, GM501, GM502, and GM503. In each of these courses, there will be a Team Assignment in Unit 4. Sections from this book will be linked to the Unit 4 in those courses. The focus of the Assignment will be determined by the assigned unit reading; however, this book will be used as a part of the Unit 4 Team Introduction as a means of providing best practices and support for your virtual team. The book will prove to be a handy reference moving forward. Keep it accessible to quickly reference in the future for issues, or problems, you encounter with subsequent virtual teams.

Mapping:

GM500 Unit 4 Team Exercise: Chapter 3: “Virtual Team Launch Kit”

GM501 Unit 4 Team Exercise: Chapter 7 – “How to Facilitate High-Impact Virtual Meetings”

GM502 Unit 4 Team Exercise: Chapter 4: “What Differentiates Great Virtual Teams”

GM503 Unit 4 Team Exercise: Chapter 5: “How to Lead Virtual Teams”

Team Assignment

Take the “How Do You Like to Work?” inventory on page 595. Each graduate course in the Kaplan University School of Management and Business has at least one Team Assignment. Many students in the school do not like doing these Team Assignments, for some of the reasons outlined in the section “The Dilemma of Teams” on pages 601–602. Chapter 18 is packed with solutions to “The Dilemma of Teams.” Think back to your GM500 Unit 4 Team Exercise, or a previous team experience. What were the dilemmas on that team? What, from this chapter, would address that dilemma? Your Assignment

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this week will be to put together a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation, addressed to incoming GM500 students, focusing on positioning them for success with their GM500 Unit 4 Team Assignment. It will be an orientation presentation for incoming GM500 students.

Instructions

For this Assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on Case 14.1. For the purpose of this Assignment, assume that Stan has sought out your consulting group to help him lead his team.

You may choose to utilize this optional guideline.

Criteria

● The presentation should be a minimum of 12 slides, not including the title and reference slides. ● Each slide is required to also include a script of what would be said at that point in the

presentation. ● The slides should be easy to read. ● The introduction slide should clearly articulate the purpose of the presentation and why it is of

value to incoming students. ● Be sure to include a call to action accompanied by a motivational slide that would incline the

student to act positively upon your recommendations. ● The presentation should have a minimum of four academically credible sources from outside of

the course materials. Your sources should follow proper APA format. (Review the APA formats found in the Kaplan Writing Center. To access the Kaplan Writing Center, select this link.).

● Review the Rubric below to ensure all points have been captured in the presentation. ● Note that team participation will be assessed by the quality of each team member’s contribution

to the Assignment, and the completion of the Team Peer Evaluation Form. The Team Peer Evaluation Form is located in Doc Sharing.

Directions for submitting your Assignment

1. Upon completing this Team Assignment, please delegate one member of the team to submit the Assignment to the Unit 4 Assignment 2 Dropbox by the end of Unit 4.

2. Individually, each member of the group completes the peer evaluation form and individually submits the peer evaluation to the Unit 4 Assignment 2 Dropbox by the end of Unit 4.

GM501 Unit 4 Assignment 2: Virtual Team Best Practices and Presentation

Areas to be evaluated

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Points

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Earned

Introduction

What is your thesis? What is your purpose in making this presentation? Why should incoming students listen? 2

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Analysis

What are the team dilemmas with supporting evidence? 8

Analysis

Why are these dilemmas? What do you anticipate and how should it be addressed? 12

Solutions

What should be done to avoid these dilemmas? What are relevant best practices necessary to achieve high team performance? 15

Motivation

Why should incoming students adopt these best practices? 4

Conclusion

Review immediate action items. 2

Notes

Each slide is supported with a narrative script in the note section under each slide. 8

Composition

Grammar, spelling, and paragraph construction. 4

Slide Appearance

20 word per slide limit 3

Slide Appearance

Contrast 3

References

List all of your references according to APA format. 3

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Length

12 slides, not including the title or reference slides. 8

Team Participation

Achievement of a well-synthesized presentation using contributions from team participants to achieve a presentation that resembles the collective talents of the group. Team member performed with integrity and respect towards other participants of the team (peer evaluation). Points will be deducted if you were not active in the team and/or the Peer Evaluation Form is not submitted to the Dropbox. Each team member must document in the Team Discussion their individual contributions to the Assignment. 8

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Total Points Earned 80