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Organization behavior discussions

Discussion # 1

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"How to Form and Manage Teams"  Please respond to the following:

· Watch the video from Karl McDonnell, CEO of Strayer University, titled “What behaviors do you look for when building your teams?” Discuss what you believe are the most critical things to consider when forming a team. Describe how this may or may not be different from what you thought prior to your readings and watching this video. Give an example of a time when you were on a team that was either well-formed or poorly-formed and give two to three (2-3) reasons as to why you feel this way.

Rendagaye Kulish wrote : Please reply to classmate (1-2) paragraphs

Hello All,

 

Reliable, motivated, loyal, goal driven, and team spirited are among the most critical things one should consider when forming a team. These characteristics are not different from what I thought before class readings and watching this video. I was on a sales team that was well-formed by my team leader. The team was composed of two top sales performers, five sale reps that met goals, and ten sale reps that were either not making goal by a long shot or barely missing it. At first, since I was one of the top performers, I was not happy with the way the team was made up as I thought I would have to make up for the others short comings. However, doing our weekly team meetings I found myself motivating and encouraging my team members which made a positive difference in their performance. As the team became strong and more productive, we formed a bond and helped one another reach his/her goal. Ultimately, this was a well-formed team because we motivated each other, worked collaboratively and managed for everyone to met their sales objective.

Before that, I worked at a hospital from 2005-2011 and at from the beginning, I felt played. Why? Because I was told that this floor was a field with team players because of how heavy the floor can become, so I was excited. But it was different when I got there and started to work I show that there was no teamwork at all there nurses were for nurses and patient care techs were for patient care techs everyone for themselves. Once there I had a terrible injury due to lack of team work. There was a patient whom was over 300 pounds and she had passed away as a PCT one of our jobs are to clean and wrap the corps. But I asked for about five nurses to help me roll the patient so that I could wrap her well. That did not work in my favor, they all had attitudes and end up letting the lady go and her falling on my arm making my elbow come out of place. All because two of them had a bad attitude and did not wait for me to say to let go. This was a result of lack of team work and I had to be on light duty for six months.

I feel that this team was poorly formed because:

1. None of these nurses seem to have ambition, respect, or team working skills.

2. No quality or pride in the work that they do.

3. Communication skills were horrible.

 

This team should have been revamped; however, after about a year of chaos, the head clinical manager decided to do just that.

Discussion # 2

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"Leadership"  Please respond to the following:

· Watch the video from Karl McDonnell, CEO of Strayer University, titled “What is Your Biggest Challenge as a Leader?” Discuss what challenges leaders face today that are different from 30 years ago.

Erin Jones wrote: Please reply to classmate (1-2) paragraph

Technological advances are one of the hardest challenges leaders face today that is different from 30 years ago.Technology has made it easier to communicate with the masses and advertise on a broader scale but it has also brought in more and more competition. Leaders nowadays are also having to deal with the new age millennial. They are more stubborn, and demanding of answers and explanations. It is an age of  not just do as your told because your boss says so, question why about everything. It seems like older leaders are having a hard time adapting to this way of thinking when a lot of times it is not meant in a disrespectful way, It is just a different way of being taught. The last big challenge I will speak about is diversity, even with many companies being extremely successful with the majority or their entire staff being of  similar makeup (i.e. race, religion, culture,) many organizations feel pressured to make their workforce more diverse because of the fear of being labeled, racist, prejudice, or homophobic. Over the last about five to ten years the tension of racism, prejudice, homophobia and fear or acceptance of all these things has been on the rise and the tension is noticeable all over the US and the rest of the world.