Small Team and Group James Findley III COM/100 January 16‚ 2012 Keith Butler The company I work for is a telecommunications company called Sprint-Nextel‚ and we work on countless team projects throughout the year. One example I remember in particular is when a brand new store was set up in our area. This new store set-up included roughly 10 team members whose sole purpose was to plan‚ create‚ and design a store that fits the mold of all existing corporate stores. This is a very important
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Small Group Experience The need to affiliate with others and to be accepted by them is hypothesized to be as basic to our psychological well being as hunger and thirst are to our physical well being (Raviester and Leary‚ 1995). (Meeting‚ Liking‚ and Becoming Acquainted‚ SPT Reader P. 50) One doesn’t begin to realize how important social interaction is until it is gone. Each individual seeks some sort of relationship throughout his or her lives‚ even as an infant. Relationships are looked as a bond
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The Berries experienced the pre-affiliation stage when we first formed our small groups. We were not familiar with each other at first so the activity using the prompt cards given to us in class to get to know each were really helpful. We did not see our relationships as intimate‚ as most of us had never met‚ we just happen to be sitting close to each other in class and that was how we picked our group. At first‚ we did not even want to get together to watch 12 Angry Men and watched it on our
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was the purpose of your first Small Group Meeting? The first group meeting was basically an introduction and what we need to accomplish as a team‚ to be proficient. 2. Did you notice how authority exercised? Did it promote or hinder leadership work? As a group‚ we decided on who should become the authority figure and exercise leadership. She did very well in gathering everyone’s information in order to stay connected for the next couple of assignments. 3. In group conversations‚ there are often
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Apollo 13 Formations of group dynamics are important to achieving a set of goals set forth by a group of individuals. Groups tend to follow a natural course of cohesion and function. Research has been done to understand group dynamics and one of the most widely accepted models is that of Bruce Tuckman. His research shows groups follow a set path of Forming‚ Storming‚ Norming and Performing. Apollo 13 gives several examples of Tuckman’s model. In the following‚ we will touch briefly on the
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The film Apollo 13‚ portrayed many organizational behavior and leadership skills beginning to end. The success of leadership can be seen from the two key teams involved in the mission. The flight director at NASA‚ Gene Kranz was in charge of the right team in the mission control‚ and space crew commander Jim Lovell‚ with his extensive experience being an active leader to his team in space. The two leaders of the film‚ showed effective individual and situational leadership skills as they managed the
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on the moon‚ and then narrowly making it home to Earth is the story of Apollo 13. When facing issues‚ conflicts‚ and the attainment of goals‚ having the resources of a fully functional manager and team are irreplaceable. A manager that has clear goals and strategies in place is more likely to succeed even when faced with the greatest types of adversity. Every employee of NASA should know about the tragic event of Apollo 13. The background of the team began with the completion between the U.S. and
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Ron Howard’s re-creation of the happenings aboard NASA’s Apollo 13 flight combined some of the biggest talent in Hollywood to produce a masterful film. Apollo 13 takes us back in time‚ to the late 1960’s and early 70’s‚ when America’s NASA space program was thriving and the world stood aside to see who would reach the moon first. The impacts of space program are still evident to this day. It is even said that by beating the Russians to the moon‚ we established ourselves are the top power in the
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Group Communication How does group communication differ from individual communication? Define group communication in your own words‚ in three to five sentences. Discuss strategies used to promote individual and group communication. Group communication is more complicated as it requires you to address many different attitudes and ideas whereas individual communication is only addressing a single attitude and idea. Group communication is defined by having to share an idea with a group of individual
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Group communication differ from individual communication because group communication involves more than one person either in a meeting or some type of conference‚ whether it is face-to-face‚ over the phone or video conferencing. When you are in a group or part of a team‚ there are a lot of ideas that can be place on the table from many different people. However‚ when you are the individual with the idea‚ then there is no conflict. In group communication there are numerous members‚ who may have differing
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