PROBLEMATISING ‘CROSS-CULTURAL’ COLLABORATION: CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS KATRIN KRAUS RONALD G. SULTANA Abstract – Many EU projects are premised on the assumption that collaboration between academics and students from different national contexts adds value to knowledge production and to learning. It is very rare to come across accounts of how challenging such cross-cultural collaboration can be‚ especially when the notion ‘culture’ is expanded to include both national and gendered
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Teams and team dynamics Lecture outline * Teams v functional groups * Katzenbach and Smith (1993) – a critique * Belbin – a critique * Socio-technical system approach – a critique * Teamwork at the university * Teamwork in recruitment and selection * A sociolinguistic perspective on team dynamics (Donnellon 1996) A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose‚ set of performance goals‚ and approach for which they hold
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P1 What is a team? A team is a group of people who work together on a project and set a realistic goal they aim to achieve. There are 4 different types of groups Formal: A formal team is a team that has structure. It has a leader and everybody body in the group have a specific role. An example of this could be a football club which would be an informal club. Every football team has a captain and every player has a position to play in. Informal: An informal team is a team with no structure and everybody
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TEAM BUILDING by M. D. Shadduck There certainly is no shortage of consultants that provide team-building services but the Pros and Cons tend to vary among managers. Some managers have found these services helpful while others have found them to be a waste of time and money - just another consulting fad that provides no real performance benefits. We will look at the kinds of problems and issues that can be resolved through team-building exercises. Also‚ some advantages and disadvantages
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New Venture Planning & Entrepreneurship Contact Hours : 42 hrs Credit : 1.5 Credit Prerequisite : None Instructor : Dr Veeresh Sharma “Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs‚ the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline‚ capable of being learned‚ capable of being practiced” Peter F. Drucker In present scenarios‚ consumer needs must be satisfied in superior manner
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“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world‚ but if they don’t play together‚ the club won’t be worth a dime.” (Babe Ruth) There is a reason why football‚ basketball and baseball have more than one player on the team. To be successful in any of these sports you need a group of men that are talented‚ but more than that a group of men that can work together to achieve there ultimate goals‚ championships. You can use a lot
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Effective Team Building DREUser 5/1/2014 In today’s work environment‚ building teams and working as a team is important as organizations are increasingly becoming more and more virtually based. In the business world‚ it takes managers and employees to run a corporation‚ but it as a team they need to often work together for a common goal to plan‚ organize‚ lead and control. These organizations have learned to enable employees and establish teams to solve problems‚ develop plans‚ and make
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What is a Team? One definition of a team is ¡§A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose‚ common performance goals‚ and approach for which they hold themselves mutually responsible¡¨ (Moorhead & Griffin‚ 2001‚ p.604). Another definition is ¡§¡Kgroup of two or more entities linked by a common bond to foster the achievement of a common goal¡K¡¨ (Chillis‚ 1999). Whichever definition is used it is understood that commonality is the guiding force for a successful
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Building a virtual team Saturday August 26‚ 2012 Building a virtual team A virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time‚ space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. Several key factors can cause a virtual team to succeed or to go down the drains such as lack of interest‚ lack of directions and difference of work ethic. We can describe the key challenges and pitfalls to virtual teams as such: Some virtual team lack of clear
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1. Do you believe that team-building activities such as mountain climbing increase productivity? Why or why not? What other factors might be responsible for increases in profitability following a corporate retreat? I believe that team-building activities such as mountain climbing or trust-building exercises can motivate employees to increase their productivity as a whole. The reason is that colleagues can build trust‚ promote communications‚ and alleviate workplace conflicts through team-building
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