Building a team requires consideration of all members – how their knowledge and skills will meet the needs for the group objectives, and how the team members might interrelate with each other.
Read the article: “Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams” (http://hbr.org/2007/11/eight-ways-to-build-collaborative-teams/ar/1)
The authors make a point in their findings:
“Our recent research into team behavior at 15 multinational companies, however, reveals an interesting paradox: Although teams that are large, virtual, diverse, and composed of highly educated specialists are increasingly crucial with challenging projects, those same four characteristics make it hard for teams to get anything done. To put it another way, the qualities required for success are the same qualities that undermine success. Members of complex teams are less likely—absent other influences—to share knowledge freely, to learn from one another, to shift workloads flexibly to break up unexpected bottlenecks, to help one another complete jobs and meet deadlines, and to share resources—in other words, to collaborate.” (Gratton, Erickson, 2007, para. 3)
Discuss what might be some of the “Other Influences” which could help prevent a team from acting dysfunctional?
What influences have you noticed helping create more collaboration on teams?
Instructions
You are required to read the following case study 1,200 (+- 10%) word assignment following the IRAC structure on the topic (LAW OF TORTS)
Peter the Developer Peter is a real estate developer . He develops residential apartment complexes in the Wollongong local area. He purchases a large block of land for $2 million and plans to build a large apartment complex on the block at a considerable profit. But Wollongong Council denies his development application on the basis of a road widening proposal that will substantially reduce the size of the block. This road widening proposal reduces the value of the block of Peter’s land to $1 million. Peter reads the council certificate he obtained from Wollongong Council. If the block of land had been subject to a road widening proposal then it should have been disclosed by Wollongong Council in the certificate. There is no such disclosure in the certificate. As Peter didn’t bother to read the certificate before he purchased the land, he is relieved to find the council has made this mistake. He secretly knows that if Wollongong Council had been careful and included the road widening disclosure in the certificate, he would not have seen it and gone ahead with the land purchase anyway. Peter now wants to sue Wollongong Council in negligence for economic loss. Wollongong Council claims that negligence only applies to physical actions, not written words, and is only applicable to physical damage to people or their property, not economic loss. Advise Peter.
Jackson & Sons Construction worked on a project in California using the knuckleboom truck leased from Southwest Products (see contract below). Did Jackson & Sons Construction breach the contract when they used the truck in California?
LEASE AGREEMENT
This agreement is made between Southwest Products, Inc., of Surprise, Arizona, hereinafter referred to as “lessor,” and Jackson & Sons Construction, Inc., having its principal place of business in Phoenix, Arizona, hereinafter referred to as “lessee.”
2012 International 4900 Knuckle Boom Truck (specs in Exhibit A)
(hereinafter referred to as “equipment”) for the period of twelve (12) months commencing from October 10, 2018 and upon the conditions and agreements hereinafter stipulated.
Lessor’s Name Lessee’s Name
By: Horatio Hornblower, President By: Samuel Jackson .
Southwest Products, Inc. Jackson & Sons Construction, LLC
a. yes
b. no
When the Federal Transportation Commission prepared new regulations to allow Canadian trucking companies into the United States, it was asked to file a detailed statement regarding its effect on the ecosystem. The trucking companies were required to state the adverse environmental effects (if any), and a statement of the ways to prevent or minimize adverse impact on the environment in the statement. This statement is referred to as a(n)?
WCM 610 5-2 Milestone Two: Measuring and Analyzing Conflict
For this second milestone, you will provide the Measure and Analyze phases of the DMAIC process and apply them to your selected case study. You will first measure performance by creating a process to gather data on the current situation and then begin to create a picture of what the future state will look like, focusing on the proposed solution.To complete this assignment, review the Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric document.
WCM 610 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: For this second milestone, due in Module Five, you will provide the Measure and Analyze phases of the DMAIC process and apply them to your selected final project case study. You will first measure performance by creating a process to gather data on the current situation and then begin to create a picture of what the future state will look like, focusing on the proposed solution. Prompt: First, review your Milestone One submission wherein you summarized the desired resolution to the conflict in the case study based on your knowledge of the organization’s business goals, customer needs, and the process that needs to improve. Next, refer to the table chart in the MEASURE Supplementary Document as well as to your posts and response posts in the Module Three discussion and the Module Four small group discussion. Address the following critical elements as they relate to your chosen case study:
II. Measuring Performance: What process will you use to gather data on the current situation?
III. Analysis: Focusing on the proposed solution, describe what the future state will look like.
Instructor feedback on this milestone should be used to inform your final project submission, the executive summary presentation with speaker notes. Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Two should be 2 to 3 pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA style. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page.
Attach are the files to help with the assignment.
1. Is affirmative action appropriate as a hiring policy? Is it always a good idea? Never a good idea? Is it only appropriate under certain circumstances? For example, is it only appropriate for certain hiring characteristics, industries, geographical markets, etc.?
Discuss the various points of connection that you found between pioneering management thinkers and your own observations in your past/current work experience. Are some of the issues of management still relevant in present day organizations? If so, what do you see as timeless issues of management? What are some ways in which work and management have changed since the days of the management pioneers?
Suggest reasons why an organization would support projects that show a significant incremental profit over direct costs, but are not profitable when costs are fully accounted for. Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
The city of McLeod is building a new ?re station in their city. The project manager, city manager, and chief of the ?re department have set the following criteria for the process of selecting a scheduling technique for a new project: easy to use, shows durations of tasks, shows milestones, can see the ?ow of work, can see the sequence of events, can depict which tasks can be undertaken at the same time, and can tell how far tasks are from completion. The city manager favors the Gantt chart, the chief likes PERT, and the project manager prefers CPM. If you were the project manager, which method would you use, and why? Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
As much as 93% of meaning determined in face-to-face communication comes from non-verbal cues. 35% comes from tone of voice and as much as 58% from gestures, facial expressions and physical cues.
Given this, what will you do when meeting with the search committee for a position that you really want?