Scenario: You are the designated team leader in charge
of heading a committee to address a problem concerning the annual holiday
festival to be held on December 15th. The town (population 70,000) wants to
have this annual celebration like it does every year. But this year the town is
short of funds and the mayor has asked your 6-member committee (including
yourself), to come up with a plan of action for implementation. It is now
September 10th. None of the committee members have ever worked on this
celebration and are new to the town. Two members are retirees and 3 members
work full-time in the nearby city and commute by train every day. Each of the
employed members has children of various ages. None of the members know each
other.
Checklist: Based on
the scenario:
Develop a systematic process
for solving the group problem that you would recommend to the team.
Explain why this type of approach generally works best.
Explain how to identify the
problem. Explain why it is important to get the discussion question right,
and what are some guidelines for doing so.
Determine some of the
characteristics of problems. Identify some specific techniques or
modifications that you would make to the basic problem-solving process to
accommodate the specific situation.
Report the tools that can
assist with the group problem-solving, including group support systems.
Explain how to use P-MOPS.
Meets all criteria
● Describes the five (5) steps
in the systematic process for group problem solving
● Explains the justification of
this approach.
Describes at least three (3)
tools for decision making.