Guidance in Assignment & Discussion (including responses) for Week10
Submission date 29th Oct End of Day.
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Week 10 – Overview & Learning Objectives
Week 10 – Overview & Learning Objectives
Attached Files:
Chapter 10-Leading Teams.pptx
Chapter 10-Leading Teams.pptx – Alternative Formats(1.061 MB)
Assigned Readings:
Chapter 10. Leading Teams.
Overview:
This weeks readings teach you how to turn a group of individuals into a collaborative team that achieves high performance through a shared mission and collective responsibility, and identify challenges associated with teamwork and explain why people sometimes have negative feelings about working in a team. You will also learn how to lead a team to high performance by providing a compelling purpose and clear objectives, clarifying roles and responsibilities, designing the team in terms of size and diversity, giving team members decision authority, and providing support and coaching.
Learning Objectives:
1. Turn a group of individuals into a collaborative team that achieves high performance through a shared mission and collective responsibility.
1. Identify challenges associated with teamwork, and explain why people sometimes have negative feelings about working in a team.
1. Lead a team to high performance by providing a compelling purpose and clear objectives, clarifying roles and responsibilities, designing the team in terms of size and diversity, giving team members decision authority, and providing support and coaching.
1. Understand and handle the stages of team development, andknow how to promote cohesiveness and shape productive team norms.
1. Understand the challenges and benefits of virtual teams and the team leader behaviors that contribute to virtual team effectiveness.
1. Handle conflicts that inevitably arise among members of a team.
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Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 10
Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 10
Assigned Readings:
Chapter 10. Leading Teams.
Initial Postings:
Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
2. The chapter suggests that very small teams (say, three to six members) perform better, and most people prefer to work in small teams. However, many companies use teams of 100 or more people to perform complex tasks, such as creating and developing a new product. Do you think a unit of that size can truly function as a team? Discuss.
2. If you were the leader of a team developing a new computer game, how might you apply negotiation to resolve a conflict between two strong-willed members related to which features to include in the game?
[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material.
Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!]
[Your initial post should be at least
450+ wordsand in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]
Submitting the Initial Posting:
Your initial posting should be completed by
Thursday, 11:59 p.m. EST.
Response to Other Student Postings
: Respond substantively to the post of at least two peers, by
Friday,11:59 p.m. EST.A peer response such as I agree with her, or I liked what he said about that or similar comments are not considered substantive and will not be counted for course credit.
[Continue the discussion through
Sunday,11:59 p.m. ESTby highlighting differences between your postings and your colleagues’ postings. Provide additional insights or alternative perspectives]
Evaluation of posts and responses:
Your initial posts and peer responses will be evaluated on the basis of the kind of critical thinking and engagement displayed. The grading rubric evaluates the content based on seven areas:
Content Knowledge & Structure, Critical Thinking, Clarity & Effective Communication, Integration of Knowledge & Articles, Presentation, Writing Mechanics, and Response to Other Students.
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Activity 10
Provide a detailed account of the challenges and benefits of virtual teams and the team leader behaviors that contribute to virtual team effectiveness. Discuss the elements of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect that must be considered in this process. Please support your response with scholarly sources.
The assignment is to answer the question provided above in essay form. This is to be in narrative form. Bullet points should not to be used. The paper should be at least 1.5 – 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least five outside scholarly or professional source related to organizational behavior. This does not mean blogs or websites. This source should be a published article in a scholarly journal. This source should provide substance and not just be mentioned briefly to fulfill this criteria. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not use quotes. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.
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SOCW 6301 RESEARCH
Research topic is Adults with ADHD
Assignment: Writing the Literature Review
The best literature reviews are not individual summaries of articles; rather, they are a combined
synthesis. In scholarly writing,
to synthesize means to bring various ideas and pieces of information together. In this bringing together, new comparisons are drawn and new meanings derived. So, even though you are reporting on information in four different articles, you are also molding that information into a new and unique story you are telling about the research topic.
For a visual, you might think about each piece of information within a theme as a strand of yarn or rope. You weave those strands together, put them against each other, twist them, and eventually you come up with a beautiful shape. In the literature review, this weaving looks like comparing, contrasting, and analyzing the articles in relationship to one another and the social work profession.
In this Assignment, you write a short literature review on your research topic, keeping the principle of synthesis in mind.
To Prepare:
Review the Learning Resources on writing a literature review. You may also wish to consult the Writing Toolbox in the left navigation of your classroom for additional resources relevant to writing your literature review.
Review the annotated outline you submitted last week and any feedback you have received from your Instructor.
With this feedback in mind, write a 2-page literature review based on your annotated outline.
By Day 7
Submit a 2-page literature review demonstrating what is known about your topic and any identified gaps. The literature review must include at least four of the peer-reviewed research articles you found.
At the end of your literature review, write 1 to 2 paragraphs answering the following question:
How will you change, refine, or focus your research question based on your exploration of the literature? Provide justification.
Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.
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