Organizational Behaviors Milestone 3

Instructions

By completing this Milestone, you will demonstrate your understanding of factors that influence team behaviors, both as a single unit (the whole team) and as individual members within the team.  Please be sure you have reviewed all of the content in this module before attempting the Milestone. 

Your Milestone Assignment:

In Milestones #1 and #2, you reflected on the best and the worst colleagues you currently or have previously worked with.  For this Milestone, think about the best and worst team you currently or have previously worked with.  Knowing what you do now about team behaviors, respond to the following:

(Remember, you should draw upon real-world experiences and observations, but DO NOT identify the organization or the individuals by name or title in your assignment.)

1. Describe how team leadership (formal or informal) impacted the behavior of the best team and the worst team you worked with.

2. Was there a clearly defined shared vision understood by members in either team (best/worst)?  How did having or not having a shared vision impact team behavior?

3. Did either team (best/worst) experience groupthink?  Is so, was it recognized and resolved?  If not, how were decisions made within the group?

4. Were there opportunities for members on either team (best/worst) to engage in learning as a group or from each other?

5. How effective was group communication in each team (best/worst)?  How did communication shape the behaviors of team members?

This assignment should be 500 - 700 words and submitted through Brightspace as a Word document.