Week 6: Self-Assessment #3: Experiences in Teams
Reflect on a recent team experience in your work, or outside of work (church, family, community project), and address the following questions. Please copy and paste the questions in your document and place your answers beneath:
1) First, very briefly describe the team you were part of so that I can get a sense of sense: include the size of team, the purpose and goal of the team, and the time frame. Choose an experience that did not go perfectly well.
2) Rate your group’s Communication Effectiveness on each of the team measures, below, on a scale of 1 (Not Well) to 5 (Very Well). Please list these as bullet points along with the scale/score. For example:
· Define or clarify the task = 3
- Define or clarify the task
- Exchange and share information
- Encourage expression of various points of view
- Evaluate and analyze data
- Use the best decision-making approach (consensus, majority rule, etc.)
- Focus on tasks, not individuals
- Demonstrate respect for all
- Encourage feedback
- Encourage expression of opinion
- Build on others’ ideas
- Ask for clarification of ideas
- Demonstrate equality
- Address disagreements or misunderstandings
- Stay on task
3) Describe the top two strengths and top two weaknesses of your team and give one example each.
4) What was an area of strength that you brought to the group? An area where you could have improved?
5) When you are in a group and you see some of the weakness that you mentioned above, what can you do?
DUE:
Submit a 2-3-page write-up (single-spaced) in the course submission. Include any reference to the reading that you feel is appropriate and use specific techniques and terminology from Chapters 7 and 8. Go into depth in your write-up, provide support for key points and include specifics and examples where possible. Remember to copy and paste the questions in your document and place your answers beneath. Your assignment will be due by Saturday of this week, midnight
Your write-up should be in clear, readable English. If you struggle with English writing, consider consulting GGU’s OWL service, which helps students strengthen their written English. Also, be sure to run Spelling and Grammar check in Microsoft Word or other document tool to correct any glaring mistakes.
Tutorial for Experiences in Teams
