Team Dynamics
Team Dynamics
Team Dynamics is how a group of two or more that works together for a common goal. One definition of a team is: two or more individuals associated in some joint action. (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (1976). In the business & education world, these joint actions should have some mission or objective that achieves results like a research paper. My Team B has come together with a common goal: Writing a successful paper for week 5 on “Academic Honesty” and create a PowerPoint presentation to accompany the essay. For this to be possible we must learn how to work as a team.
Through completing the Team B Charter (may be incomplete, still waiting for Manika Dunn) we have learned the dynamics of how we, as a team, will work together to complete our goal of producing a well-written paper on time with equal participation from each member. Each team members has different strengths and weaknesses in our intelligences. We have members that are strong in Logical-Mathematical, Interpersonal, Musical & Visual-Spatial. All these levels of intelligences should make for a great paper. We also have different personality types in our group like the Thinker, the Organizer, the Adventurer & the follower.
We also addressed potential barriers that we may encounter, like scheduling conflicts due to personal or work related issues & technological boundaries, for each person may be on a different level in this area. The team members & leader through fulfilling duties, assignments, & commitments must earn trust. (Temme, J. & Katzel, J. (1995)
Team communication can be affected by many factors. Different personalities can affect a team because if one is on a team with many strong personalities it can cause conflicts among the team. Everyone would want to lead and not be lead. Other issues such as time and logistics can cause issues, especially in an online environment. Not everyone has the same schedule...
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