You are transitioning to a new management role within the company. You are leading a team of 6 employees. As part of your transition to the new role, the previous manager states he will give you a brief overview of the members of your team. He stated one member named Angela always wants to take the lead on all of the projects and she is gets stressed when she feels like people are not pulling their weight. He noted that two of the members of the group, Tony and Gina like to get projects completed as soon as possibly but don't always take the time to look at issue from multiple angles. He said there are another two members Jay and Lakeisha that need more time to finish projects or sometimes don't meet the deadlines because they are looking at every angle of an issue. He stated the last member of the team George seems to let everyone else handle the projects and seems to sit back unless asked multiple times to engage in a project. He stated that lately he has noticed that employees have recently not been getting along, and the group has become ineffective as a team.
- Identify the roles the team members are playing in the group
- Do you think conflict with a group is problematic? Why or why not?
- Discuss a particular project or issue that each member of the group may be better to equipped to handle.
- Discuss a particular project or issue that a member of the group may not be to handle based on their weakness or weaknesses.
- How would you try to attempt to get this group to become an effective team?
Submitted projects should have the following:
- 400-600 words written as an essay
- Typed and double-spaced, Times New Roman (12-point font), and 1-inch margins
- Proofread for spelling and grammatical errors
Please also incorporate at least 1 outside resource, and cite your source(s) following APA format.