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Question 1: Team work
Read about the different roles people can take within a team. Reflecting on these roles, please enumerate a response that addresses the following questions.
Think about your best experience working on a team. Briefly describe the situation and give at least three reasons why you think the team was so effective.
Which role(s) do you typically take when you're on a team? Give examples to support your response.
Which role(s) would you like to try next time you're on a team and why?
Question 2: Working Effectively in Teams.
When beginning to work on a project with a team, it can be helpful to sit down and discuss expectations and group norms. What are examples of things you might discuss at the first meeting?
E.g. Methods of communication - deciding how your team will communicate (email, group chat, meetings, etc).
Question 3:
What characteristics make a team effective?
Question 4:
List the stages of group development and summarize them to the best of your ability. Are you on a team right now? If so, what stage are you in?
Question 5:
Reflecting on your own experiences being part of a team in school or work, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages to teamwork?
Question 6:
After reading through the eight dimensions of cultural values, mark where you lie on the continuum and add some thoughts about why you made that selection.
Individualism vs. collectivism
High vs. low acceptance of power and authority
Materialism vs. concern for others
Formality vs. informality
Urgent vs. causal time orientation
Work vs. leisure
High context vs. low context
High vs. low likeliness to seek social support
Where on each spectrum do you see yourself and why?