Pg 406-407 Exercises #2 A,B and C 406 Chapter 11 Managing Project Teams Key Term

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Pg 406-407 Exercises #2 A,B and C

406 Chapter 11 Managing Project Teams Key Terms Brainstorming, 39.4 Dysfunctional conflict, 396 Functional conflict, 396 Groupthink, 403 Project vision, 388 Team building, 399 Team rituals, 389 Virtual project Nominal group technique (NGT), 405 Positive synergy, 375 Project kick-off meeting, 383 team, 399 Review Questions 1. What are the differences between the five-stage model of team development and the punctuated equilibrium model? 2. What are the elements of an effective project vision? Why are they important? hy should a project manager emphasize group rewards over individual rewards? 4. What is the difference between functional and dysfunctional conflict on a project? 5. When would it be appropriate to hold a formal team-building session on a project? 6. What are the unique challenges to managing a virtual project team? 7. What can a project manager do to avoid some of the pitfalls of a highly cohesive project team? Exercises 1. The following activities are based on a recently completed group project that you have been involved in. This project may have been a student project, a work project, or an extracurricular project. a. Analyze the development of the team in terms of the five-phase model and the punctuated equilibrium model. Which model does the best job of de- scribing how the team evolved? b. Analyze the group in terms of the nine situational factors that influence team development. What factors positively contributed to group perfor- mance? What factors negatively contributed to group performance? How did the group try to overcome the negative factors? What could you have done differently to overcome these negative factors? c. Analyze how effectively the group managed meetings. What did the group do well? What didn't the group do well? If the group were formed again what specific recommendations would you make about how the group should manage meetings? 2. Assume that you have the following decision-making options: (1) make the de- cision on your own with available information, (2) consult others before mak- ing a decision, and (3) call a meeting and reach a consensus, seeking to arrive at on everyone can agree on. Which approach would you use to make inal de each of the following decisions and why? à. You are the project leader Tor Casino Night on campus, a charitable even organized by your group to raise money for the homeless. The event was a big success, garnering a net profit of $3,500. Before the event your team earched nearby organizations that support the homeless and to whom the money could be given. You narrowed the choices to the "Chunk of Coal House" and "St. Mary's Soup Kitchen." Eventually your group de cided that the funds be given to Chunk of Coal. You are about to write a neck to its director When you read in the local newspaper tnat the ChunK of Coal House has terminated operations. What should you do with the money?

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The five-stage model states that project groups tends to evolve in a predictable fashion. They move from forming, storming, norming to performing and conclude by adjourning by the completion of the project. On the other hand, punctuated equilibrium model argues that groups do not naturally evolve to form an effective team, but encounter a mid-point crisis which forces members of the team to improve their performance and establish new roles and norms for achieving project objectives

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