HRM 341 Week 1 Discussion 2

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Week 1 Discussion 2

Week 1: Team Formation

Team Formation Discussion

Students, as you are undoubtedly aware, organizations go through a lot of work trying to hire the right people for positions. During the rest of this course, you will be working in a temporary organization that is charged with completing the Course Project.

In order to staff the organization, students will decide on what the important characteristics are for the position of team member. Then, in a separate step, you will all interview each other during some web conferences and determine team membership.

Take a look at Chapter 1 of the text. In Chapter 1, there is a lengthy discussion of the characteristics that may be important when hiring individuals. Let's discuss those characteristics in this Discussion.

In your judgment, which characteristics are important for the position of team member for this class? In a group interview, how can you determine whether a potential team member has those characteristics? Are there deal breaker characteristics that would absolutely prevent you from wanting an individual on your team, or at least would be heavily weighted against them? (These questions are the focus of this discussion topic.)

Team Formation Interviews and Formation (Ending Week 2)

After we have developed an idea of what characteristics are important, we will hold group interviews to begin to select our groups. I will be scheduling [three or four, depending on class size] WebEx conferences. They will be at different times to accommodate different student availabilities. I will start the meetings but hope that you all will form into a group discussion. The goal of these meetings is to allow you to gather the information necessary to form a self-managing workgroup to complete the course project. If a team forms during one of the meetings, just say so during the meeting. If you are not in a team by the end of the meeting, you may attend another meeting to try to find teammates.

You will be graded on your participation in the meeting(s), how effectively you use the time to find new members, and that you ended up in a team. Be sure to use what we learned in this discussion. You have until the end of Week 2 to form a team, and the points for team formation will be recorded in the Week 2 portion of the grade book.