Your readings for this lesson focused on team design and how to get the team off to a good start. This lesson’s discussion questions are designed to blend your knowledge from the readings with the Video Case (Overhead Reduction Task Force). In answering the questions about the video case, be sure to draw on the required readings, but also feel free to inject your insights from past work teams you’ve been on or led.
Post your initial replies to at least two of the questions below no later than the middle of this lesson period; post your responses to your classmates’ posts no later than the end of this lesson period, see the course schedule for specific dates. Please review the course expectations for Individual Participation.
- What did George do well to get the team off to a good start? What did he do poorly?
- Considering the Edmonson chapter, how did George do in terms of “framing” the project for the team? How did Lara do in terms of “framing”?
- What additional elements of group structure or group context were established during this meeting? Use the specific subcomponents of the Schwarz reading and model in answering this question (e.g., norms, boundaries, membership, etc.)
- What else, if anything, should George and/or Lara have done to get the group off to a good start regarding its context and/or structure?
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