In an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), research teams and groups in organizations. Your paper must be in narrative form and address each of the following:
- Interview and discuss the items below with a team leader in the organization you currently work for. Research an example in the Ashford University Library if you do not have access to a team leader in an organization.
- How do you determine the size of the team?
- What types of team conflict occur? How do you resolve conflict?
- Does it take longer to complete tasks in a team environment?
- Do you have "resisters" to teamwork? If so, how do you manage that?
- Do you look at teams as a more efficient way of doing work?
- Identify a challenge facing organizational leadership (in your selected organization) and describe the group behavior that could aid in meeting that challenge.
- Describe a change occurring in your organization and explain how you would manage the change process. Be sure to apply concepts from Chapter 16 of your textbook.
- Determine which tasks should be handled by groups and which should be handled by individuals. Provide a rationale.