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Week 6 Discussion 1
Discussion
Topic
Students need to contribute three substantive posts
in this discussion by the due date indicated. The substantive posts must
include a 150+ word response to the discussion question and a 150+ word
response to 2 additionals [separate] students. Late discussion posts do not earn
credit. A response to the discussion activity must be posted on time in order
to receive credit for posts to additional students.
Read
Case 14.1: Can This Virtual Team Work? page 392.
Reply
to the three questions at the end of the case, 150+ words.
Ensure
you cite and reference your replies appropriately, per the examples provided in
the Week 1 APA Citing and Reference Examples document.
Reply
to 2 additional students, 150 plus words each.
CASE 14.1
Can
This Virtual Team Work?
Jim
Towne heads a newly formed information technology team for a major
international corporation. The team is composed of 20 professionals who live
and work in Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, and
Australia. All members of the team report to Jim. The team is a virtual team
connected primarily via videoconference, group decision-support software,
email, text, and telephone. The team has met twice in a face-to-face setting to
set goals and plan. All of the team members are quite competent in their
respective technical areas. Some team members have a long and valued history
with the company; others have recently joined the company through a corporate
merger. The team members have never worked together on any projects.
The
task of the team is to develop and implement technology innovations for all
global business units. The team members are excited about the importance and
the innovative nature of their assignment. They respect each other and enjoy
being part of this team. However, the team is having difficulty getting off the
ground, and the members report being extremely overloaded. Most team members
travel to business sites at least two weeks each month. The travel is
important, but it causes team members to get farther behind.
The
team has one half-time secretary, located in New York. Her primary
responsibility is to organize travel and meetings of team members. Team members
are working on several projects at once and have great difficulty finishing any
of the projects. One team member has 500 unread email messages because each
team member sends copies of all messages to everyone on the team. Jim is under
great pressure to prove that this team can work and provide a valuable function
to the organization.
Questions
1. Which
of the eight characteristics ( Table
14.1 ) of team excellence are lacking in this team?
2. Based
on this analysis of team effectiveness, should Jim intervene at this time, or
should he just keep monitoring the team? If you think he should take action, at
what level should he intervene (internal or external)? If internal, should his
action be task or relational?
p.393
3. What
specific leadership functions should Jim implement to improve the team? Why?
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