Virtual Teams in Action: Building the F-35 Fighter Case Study 1 By: Alyssa Dimeck MGT 404 10/09/2011 Professor Samuel Palmeri Virtual Teams in Action: Building the F-35 Fighter CASE SUMMARY The U.S. Department of Defense is known for their F-35 Lighting II Program; the focal point for defining affordable next generation stealth fighter aircraft. In 2002‚ the Department of Defense announced Lockheed Martin Aeronautic as the designer and builder of the fighter with Northrop Grumman and
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FINDINGS [findings] Eric does not have much time. The four team meetings have proven to be more frustrating than productive. He has seven of FireArt’s top-level managers under his direction but not under his control. He could accept failure; he has alternatives. Perhaps he should abandon a sinking ship‚ accept his sunk-costs and look for opportunity elsewhere in the market. [writing style is a little inefficient – consider my changes] Team 14 recommends [or proposes] that Eric should instead hunker
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What are the advantages of having diversity on a team? What challenges might the team face because of diversity? Having diversity on a team allows for a more creative and productive team. Each team member has their own point of views‚ experience‚ and skills. This allows more than one method to completing a particular task. Challenges a diverse team may face is discrimination‚ lack of understanding or miscommunication within the team. Lack of understanding and miscommunication may be because of
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Collaboration in Virtual Teams Did we get the message? Gaby Rasters 2004 Copyright: 2004 by Gaby Rasters Cover design by H.T.L Janssen ISBN: 90-9018652-2 Printing: Print Partners Ipskamp All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise‚ without the prior permission of the author. Communication and Collaboration in Virtual Teams Did we get the
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Outcome 1 Plan collaborative work with others Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 Describe what makes groups or teams effective in the workplace 1.2 Agree realistic objectives for working together and identify what needs to be done to achieve them Objectives set to Cover Supervisor team by our line manager include: o Provide suitable cover to lessons when a teacher is absent. o Hand completed work back to staff appropriately with explanation of any issues taking place. o
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of a 6-person team. The team all works out of an office in NJ. The team is made up of the following people: John - 43 year old (Afro-American) Julie - 51 year old (Chinese) Jinsoo - 27 year old (Korean) Shahid - 32-year male (Iranian) Harpreet - 30-year-old female (Indian) Tom - 33 year old (Irish) With the exception of John all team members have green cards and none has been in NJ for over 5 years. Shahid and Harpreet joined the team 6 months ago. The rest of the team has been together
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stealing from the public to build their fortunes. By increasing goods‚ creating jobs and expanding markets‚ others would argue they were captains of industry and served their nation in a positive way. As pioneers of the modern industry‚ having ultimately acted in the best interests of society in America‚ I believe in the end‚ they were more characteristic of captains of industry for
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Will teams work? 1. What is the managerial context in which these managers will be operating? Do you think training designed to help managers understand the context they will be operating in will be helpful? Why or why not? Managers will be now need to be able to manage teams to problem solve‚ which given the current way these managers manage people can prove to be difficult. Training will most definitely help these managers understand a good approach to handling employee teams and to
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ruthless pirateer known as Captain Hunter. To start he is a very determined person letting nobody stand in his path towards glory. When the time comes to prepare for his risky voyage; he shows great detail and thought in what he needs. First‚ he meets with Whisper: the only survivor from the Matanceros raid‚ which of course is where Captain Hunter is planning to set sail to. This island is heavily garded with many spanish soldiers including the most ruthless of them all: Captain Cazalla. This cold-blooded
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Team Leadership – Term Paper Scope and Objective: In the beginning of the semester our Team Leadership class was presented with the task to help make an organization’s team more effective. We had the freedom to choose who our desired organization could be and to observe them. After much thought and consideration‚ we chose to observe the Association of Information Technology Professionals‚ more commonly known as AITP. Our goal for this semester was to observe the AITP group and evaluate our findings
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