Understanding Team Deveopment

Summary:
Students are afforded opportunities throughout the course to
reflect weekly (and on the course as a whole) on their own growth and
motivation level while learning to recognize challenges and successes in
developing teams. Students will write a 5-7 page paper (APA format) self-reflection
paper considering their experiences over the course as a whole. This paper is
designed to develop the participant’s innovation in the major through
reflection. The paper must be submitted as a Word document using APA format to
Turnitin (Assignment Tool). The following should be addressed in the
paper:
Students are afforded opportunities throughout the course to
reflect weekly (and on the course as a whole) on their own growth and
motivation level while learning to recognize challenges and successes in
developing teams. Only by understanding teams fully will you be able to create
an outstanding team that works effectively and with high energy. As such, for
the key assignment for this course, you will think of a time where you excelled
in a team environment and self-reflect considering your experiences over this
course as a whole. Knowing what you know now from this course, write about your
experience in that team.
The reflection
paper is your chance to integrate your thoughts to what you
have learned in this course and experience illustrate your
understanding of teams. Particularly how it will affect your position
and the future as a leader in teams. Use the first person singular
(“I”), and relate to the course readings, videos, WebEx’s, etc., to your
previous knowledge and experience in teams. Especially consider how what you
have learned in this course has changed your thinking and might affect your
approach to team development.
Remember that your essay is in a narrative style. It is an
academic paper with an
introduction, main paragraphs (Body) and conclusion. The assignment is
all about your personal experiences but the experience should be specific and
must fit the topic and expressed your thoughts clearly. The paper must be 5-7
pages (APA format excluding title and reference page) submitted as a Word
document using APA format to Turnitin (Assignment Tool).
The following should also be addressed in the paper:
1. How much did you know about the subject of developing
teams when you were on your chosen team?
2. What problems/conflicts/obstacles did you encounter with any
team members? How did you address/troubleshoot them?
3. What was most satisfying about your team?
4. How effectively was your team motivated to complete the task/project/assignment?
5. Did you have a team identity? If so, how was your team
identify created and shared?
6. What do you think was your contribution to the team? Do you
believe your team members recognize your contribution as you see it?
7. Reflect on the differences between being a team member and
being a team leader. What are some of the challenges?
8. What How important is it and what are some ways to reward
team members?
9. How do you know your team is doing what it’s supposed to be
doing and if there’s room for improvement?
10. How have you changed or developed new ideas you used to have
on working in teams? In what ways?
11. What is one skill that you would like to improve upon
regarding developing teams that this course helped to identify?
12. How can you take what you have learned from this course and
transform it into your own life in the context you currently lead in to help
work and lead effectively in teams to accomplish goals and provide better
solutions?

As such, for the key assignment for this course, you will think
of a time where you excelled in a team environment and self-reflect considering
your experiences over this course as a whole. Knowing what you know now from
this course, write about your experience in that team.

this is a “narrative” style
essay. You are writing a story about what you have learned, how that compares
to previous understandings, and how what you have learned may be a part of your
future leadership and team development strategies.

For
example, “Through this Team Development class, I have learned much more
about team development than I thought I could have learned, and much more than
I was aware of. For example, as I consider the Team Development stages, I now
understand that the stage 1
….etc”.

With this style of writing you are
communicating more than the material, you are communicating what the material
means to you and how the
material has impacted, inspired, or influenced you, your understanding of
leadership and team development.

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