Required elements:
Minimum of 20 unique citations from course materials.
Use of theoretical framework and/or model(s) from course materials.
10-12 page paper, double spaced, not including cover sheet and references. APA formatted. No abstract required.
Use of headings for the 13 components listed below.
Free of grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. The style of writing is professional.
If group submission, written from one voice.
Required components:
- Introduction of a plan for a high performing team which describes a hypothetical setting and reason for the team.
- Identification and description of type of team being proposed.
- Description of team structure and what structure is intended to promote (for example, honest interaction and cooperation)
- Identification of team performance goals.
- Composition of team (description, justification, roles, recruitment strategies).
- Strategies for managing team conflict.
- Strategies for decision making.
- Considerations related to team diversity.
- Ideas for promoting mutual respect and trust between team members.
- Strategies for the promotion of risk-taking.
- Elements of the structure and culture of the larger organization that could facilitates and hinder team learning and development.
- Additional elements of your choosing which you think would support your plan for the development of a high performing team.
- Brief closing
2. Thompson Book: Chapter 12: Virtual Teamwork, pages 309-317
3. Thompson Book: Chapter 13: Multicultural Teams, pages 333-344
4. HBR/On Teams Book: Managing Multi-Cultural Teams (117-133)
5. Thompson Book: Chapter 8: Managing Team Conflict.
6. HBR/On Teams Book: How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight (pp. 165-181).
7. HBR/On Teams Book: Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups (pp. 95-116).
8. Thompson Book: Chapter 3: Leading Teams
9. HBR/On Teams Book: The Discipline of Teams (35-53)
10. Thompson Book: Chapter 2: Designing the Team (M 1)
11. HBR/On Teams Book: Why Teams Don’t Work (21-34) (M 2)
12. HBR/On Teams Book: Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams (55-74) (M 3)
13. Thompson Book: Chapter 7: Team Decision Making (M 1)
14. Thompson Book: Chapter 9: Creativity & Innovation in Teams (236-247) (M2)
15. HBR/On Teams Book: When Teams Can’t Decide (135-147) (M 1)
16. Thompson Book: Chapter 5: Performance & Productivity (M 1,2)
17. Chapter 11: Team Networking & Social Capital (275-292) (M 3)