This week you learned about teams and managerial communication. For this week’s assignment, you need to think about a team that you have been a part of, which could have been a sports team, a church team, a work team, or a volunteer team that needed to accomplish a goal.
Discuss the purpose of the team and the ultimate goal of the team.
Who were the team members, and what were their respective roles within the team?
- Who was the team leader/manager? How were they put in that role? Were they appointed, voted, self-appointed? Was this person a manager within the organization or did they have managerial or leadership experience?
- Discuss the team leader’s success at managing the “Triangle of Relationships” that is discussed in this week’s readings.
- Discuss the manager’s approach to conflict (Active vs. Passive, Constructive vs. Destructive) based on the matrix from this week’s readings.
- How effective was this manager at the three major types of communication described in this week’s readings?
- How effective was this manager at interpersonal roles? Informational roles? Decision roles? Explain.
- How was the team manager at feedback? Provide examples.
- Overall, was this person the right fit for the role as the team manager/leader? Why or why not? If not, who would have been more suitable to lead/manage the team and why?
