MANAGING GROUPS AND TEAMS

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Introduction: Discuss the topic of the paper and how you will approach
it. It is best to write this section after you have written the rest of the
paper.

Concrete Experience: Begin with a specific situation/event. Describe an experience with a group or team that was meaningful to you. It may
have been an extraordinarily good experience – or it may have been an experience that did not work out very well at all! The important point is that it should be an experience which you would like to understand
better. Be objective and focus on just the facts.

Reflective Observation: Reflect upon that experience from multiple
perspectives of persons involved or affected in the experience. Step
back from the situation, look at the experience from your own
viewpoint, and from the perspective of all other parties involved or
affected. You want to look at the circumstances surrounding the
experience from every relevant point of view. Why did you behave the way that you did? Why did others behave the way that they did? Did
others have the same positive (or negative) experience? Explain.

Abstract Conceptualization: (This Abstract Conceptualization section is the “heart” of your paper.) Use critical thinking skills to understand and interpret the experience at a deeper, more generalizable level. Interpret and understand the events you have described by drawing on the
concepts, theories, and models. Explain how they apply to your
experience. For example, what behavior patterns can you identify in
yourself and others that are similar to the ones described in the
material on communication, teams, and conflict management? Does the model of Force Field Analysis (home page) help you better understand why people behaved the way they did? Be sure to apply at least three
concepts, theories, and/or models and cite all references to concepts,
ideas, and/or quotes that you use from any outside source.

Active Experimentation: Identify ways to respond to the next
occurrence of a similar experience. What have you learned about the
way groups work from this analysis? What have you learned from your mistakes? How are you going to put what you have learned to use?
What actions will you take to build more effective work teams in your
job?

Conclusion: Sum up the main points of your analysis and the key learning you are taking from it.

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