presented in the Leading Teams course‚ I will analyze the effectiveness of my team’s ability to engage in a consulting process to assess the team-based needs of and provide solutions to a client of an independent business. Context A four-member team was designed to participate in a number of group activities during the Leading Teams course; however‚ the majority of team interactions were related to activities associated with leading a consulting project. Each member of this team‚ including myself‚
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Summary: This particular case involves Alex Evans‚ the owner‚ CEO and president of the Evans RV Wholesale Supply and Distribution Company. The article fully describes how said firm is organized into groups namely: the warehouse‚ retail sales division‚ service department and accounting and finance groups. Accordingly‚ the case is filled with details as to how the company is organized. Alex is said to be a benevolent owner who is apt in taking care of the loyal employees but also is in the lookout
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Types of Teams: Four types of teams can be identified in organizations today: (1) workteams‚ (2) parallel teams‚ (3) project teams‚ and (4) management teams. Work Teams : Work teams are continuing work units responsible for producing goods or providing services. Their membership is typically stable‚ usually full-time‚ and well-defined (Cohen‚ 1991). Work teams are found both in manufacturing and service settings; example include mining crews‚ apparel manufacturing teams and audit teams. Traditionally
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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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Group Observation Paper Introduction: Groups talk about goals in different ways‚ using different words. Some groups have major and minor goals or meta- and micro-goals; others divide goals into mission‚ purpose or goal‚ and objectives‚ while other groups talk about aims and expectations. A group is strengthened to the extent it has clear goals and all members know what their roles are in helping to achieve them (Dimock and Kass‚ 2008‚ p.62-63). My placement is currently in the Mental Health
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Qualities that traditionally associated with leadership are toughness‚ determination and vision. However‚ Tyco’s managers believe these are insufficient. Through the interviews with Tyco’s employees‚ we realized that truly effective leaders are also distinguished by a high degree of innovation‚ and communication. Tyco’s VP or innovation Robert Locke believes innovation is essential for a company. He says‚ today’s consumers continuously looking for better goods and services. A good leader need to
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Michael Parks Michael Parks‚ Todd Miller‚ and The Revere Group Michael Parks and Todd Miller observed that the business goals of forward-thinking en¬terprises weren’t being met by the conventional approaches of the traditional‚ much larger consulting firms. So in 1992‚ they founded The Revere Group to meet this need. Revere’s vision since its inception has remained steadfast—to build an organization that clients rely upon as their trusted advisor. This vision of both Parks and Miller was implemented
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The A-Team was established under a threat from Chinese companies as well as because of the declining demand for premium-priced bicycles in world markets. Under pressure‚ the cohesion of a group tends to be stronger. Thus Giant and Merida Industry Co. Ltd (Merida) decided to put aside their business competition and brought their suppliers together to develop a solution and to regain the reputation of Taiwan bicycle industry. Moreover‚ although these firms were competitors‚ the founder of Giant and
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Katie Schoonover COMM 150 Lab 26 April 2013 Team Process Paper For the team discussion forum‚ our group name was “Team SWAG.” The other members of Team SWAG were Michael Bates‚ Sarah Phillips‚ Elise Griffin‚ and Evan Abdullah. The communication perspective we chose to tackle was the issue of Conflict Management. To do this‚ we divided up the five methods of managing conflict discussed in the book‚ withdrawing‚ accommodating‚ forcing‚ compromising‚ and collaborating‚ and individually
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During our recent group presentations‚ we covered negotiation‚ building teams‚ working in groups‚ managing conflict‚ effective meetings‚ facilitating team success‚ managing decisions and solving problems creatively (De Janasz‚ Wood‚ Gottschalk‚ Dowd‚ Schneider. 2006‚ pg 196-314). Our team was given working in teams for success as a presentation topic. I believe we not only clarified the topic but managed to use the content to our own benefit and produce a successful presentation. This essay highlights
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