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Team Dynamics and Conflict Resolutions in Teams

Team Dynamics and Conflict Resolution in learning teams are two terms that are very familiar when you attend the University of Phoenix. As part of the curriculum the university uses learning teams to mirror real world scenarios where you have to participate with multiple individuals in the classroom to accomplish presentations and other projects. Since first starting this class we have experienced first hand in dealing with these aspects of learning teams. Team Dynamics is very important aspect of a team. How individuals relate to one and other is a very important element when defining strengths and weaknesses. If team dynamics is successful than hopefully conflict resolution will be an easy task to perform, but not living in a perfect world there is always something negative that can arise and teams have to work through those problems. Both team dynamics and conflict resolution are very important parts to a learning team and how well they function.
When you have a group of people together you cannot get around the fact that you are going to have many ideas and many different ways to solve them. Team dynamics should be the first thing that is discussed when a group of individuals come together. A type of hierarchy must be established to figure out the personal strengths and weaknesses of each individual. In order for a team to succeed there must be a team leader and people that follow the direction of that leader. Being the leader of a group does not give them power over the other team members. A leader has to be someone that can bring the group together to fulfill a common goal, and resolve any problem that arises. Another very important aspect of team dynamics is that every person in the group should have equal status as the next person. This will eliminate jealously and people not doing their part of the work because they think that they have more influence over what happens in...

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