- Midterm answer overview
- Return graded midterms
- Reiterate possible answers for each question
- Answer questions the class has regarding the midterm
- First term paper reviews and questions
- Return graded term papers
- Review common mistakes and shortcomings in papers
- Review good points in papers
- Reiterate the direction of the final term paper
- Review the format described in Week 3 � Lecture Notes
- Discuss some additional topical ideas
- Answer questions the class has regarding the first term paper and the
final draft
- Discussion on team work
- What is the difference between a team and a group? (J. Katzenbach & D.
Smith, �The Discipline of Teams�)
- Working Group
- Strong, clearly focused leader
- Individual Accountability
- Group�s purpose is same as broader organizational mission
- Individual work-products
- Runs efficient meetings
- Measures its effectiveness indirectly by its influence on others
(e.g., financial performance of the business)
- Discusses, decides, and delegates
- Team
- Shared leadership roles
- Individual and mutual accountability
- Specific team purpose that the team itself delivers
- Collective work products
- Encourages open-ended discussions and active problem-solving
meetings
- Measures performance directly by assessing collective work-products
- Discusses, decides, and does real work together
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Procrastination
- Scheduling
- Questions for class
- Who should be responsible if a team does not produce its product?
- What if a member of the team is not doing his/her fair share?
Solutions? Punishments?
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